Thistle

#d0b9db

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

Thistle is a light purple with a relaxed cast. 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 #d0b9db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d0b9db

RGB208, 185, 219

HSL281, 32%, 79%

HSV281, 16%, 86%

CMYK5%, 16%, 0%, 14%

Lab78.01, 14.34, -14.02

XYZ56.15, 53.22, 74.33

Decimal13679067

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#bfa0ce #af88c2 #9e6fb5 #8e56a8 #794a8f #643d77 #4f305e #3b2446 #26172d #110a14

Tints of thistle

#d4bfde #d8c5e1 #dccae4 #e0d0e7 #e4d6ea #e7dced #ebe2f0 #efe8f3 #f3edf6 #f7f3f9

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c4dbb9 Analogous#bfb9db Analogous#dbb9d5 Triadic#dbd0b9 Triadic#b9dbd0 Split complementary#d5dbb9 Split complementary#b9dbbf

Thistle in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 5, 16, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d0b9db on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 16 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 19 4 20

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 #d0b9db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d0b9db; }
.text { color: #d0b9db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d0b9db; }

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 #d0b9db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d0b9db 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 #d0b9db 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 #d0b9db 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 #d0b9db 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.