Thistle

#cbbdd1

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

Thistle falls in the purple range, light and muted. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #cbbdd1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cbbdd1

RGB203, 189, 209

HSL282, 18%, 78%

HSV282, 10%, 82%

CMYK3%, 10%, 0%, 18%

Lab78.28, 8.57, -8.25

XYZ54.33, 53.7, 67.82

Decimal13352401

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone665 C

Shades of thistle

#baa7c2 #a992b3 #987ca4 #866794 #73587e #5f4969 #4b3a53 #382b3d #241c28 #100d12

Tints of thistle

#cfc3d5 #d4c8d9 #d8cedd #dcd3e0 #e1d9e4 #e5dee8 #eae4ec #eee9f0 #f2eff4 #f7f4f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c3d1bd Analogous#c1bdd1 Analogous#d1bdcd Triadic#d1cbbd Triadic#bdd1cb Split complementary#cdd1bd Split complementary#bdd1c1

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 3, 10, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cbbdd1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 10 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 13 4 24

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 #cbbdd1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cbbdd1; }
.text { color: #cbbdd1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cbbdd1; }

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 #cbbdd1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cbbdd1 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 #cbbdd1 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 #cbbdd1 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

The figures for #cbbdd1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.