Thistle

#bcb0bc

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for thistle, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Thistle sits in the pink band, light and grey. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #bcb0bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcb0bc

RGB188, 176, 188

HSL300, 8%, 71%

HSV300, 6%, 74%

CMYK0%, 6%, 0%, 26%

Lab73.14, 6.47, -4.57

XYZ45.34, 45.37, 53.95

Decimal12366012

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone5295 C

Shades of thistle

#ad9ead #9d8c9d #8e7a8e #7d6a7d #6b5b6b #594b59 #473c47 #352d35 #231d23 #110e11

Tints of thistle

#c2b7c2 #c8bec8 #cec5ce #d4ccd4 #d9d3d9 #dfdadf #e5e1e5 #ebe7eb #f1eef1 #f7f5f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#b0bcb0 Analogous#b6b0bc Analogous#bcb0b6 Triadic#bcbcb0 Triadic#b0bcbc Split complementary#b6bcb0 Split complementary#b0bcb6

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcb0bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 0 26

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 4 32

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #bcb0bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcb0bc; }
.text { color: #bcb0bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcb0bc; }

How thistle looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Thistle and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bcb0bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcb0bc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Thistle on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bcb0bc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around thistle? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn thistle into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bcb0bc and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from thistle, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bcb0bc are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.