Thistle

#cdb4cb

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 #cdb4cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdb4cb

RGB205, 180, 203

HSL305, 20%, 75%

HSV305, 12%, 80%

CMYK0%, 12%, 1%, 20%

Lab76.03, 12.99, -8.32

XYZ52.28, 49.93, 63.38

Decimal13481163

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone523 C

Shades of thistle

#bf9fbc #b189ae #a2749f #92618e #7d5379 #674565 #523750 #3d293b #281a27 #120c12

Tints of thistle

#d1bacf #d6c1d4 #dac7d8 #decedd #e2d4e1 #e7dbe6 #ebe1ea #efe7ef #f4eef3 #f8f4f8

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#b4cdb6 Analogous#c3b4cd Analogous#cdb4be Triadic#cbcdb4 Triadic#b4cbcd Split complementary#becdb4 Split complementary#b4cdc3

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 12, 1, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdb4cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 12 1 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 15 5 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #cdb4cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdb4cb; }
.text { color: #cdb4cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdb4cb; }

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 #cdb4cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdb4cb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Thistle on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cdb4cb 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn thistle into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cdb4cb 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

Every value on this page for #cdb4cb is computed, not guessed. 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.