Thistle

#cdb7cd

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 muted. 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 #cdb7cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdb7cd

RGB205, 183, 205

HSL300, 18%, 76%

HSV300, 11%, 80%

CMYK0%, 11%, 0%, 20%

Lab76.83, 11.74, -8.22

XYZ53.13, 51.25, 64.85

Decimal13481933

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone523 C

Shades of thistle

#bea2be #b08db0 #a178a1 #916491 #7c567c #664766 #513851 #3c2a3c #271b27 #120d12

Tints of thistle

#d1bdd1 #d6c3d6 #dac9da #ded0de #e2d6e2 #e7dce7 #ebe2eb #efe8ef #f3eef3 #f8f4f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#b7cdb7 Analogous#c2b7cd Analogous#cdb7c2 Triadic#cdcdb7 Triadic#b7cdcd Split complementary#c2cdb7 Split complementary#b7cdc2

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 11, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdb7cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 11 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 14 4 26

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 #cdb7cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdb7cd; }
.text { color: #cdb7cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdb7cd; }

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 #cdb7cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdb7cd 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 #cdb7cd 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 #cdb7cd 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 #cdb7cd 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.