Thistle

#cdb5e1

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

This is Thistle, a soft purple at 273 degrees. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #cdb5e1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdb5e1

RGB205, 181, 225

HSL273, 42%, 80%

HSV273, 20%, 88%

CMYK9%, 20%, 0%, 12%

Lab76.96, 16.71, -18.87

XYZ55.29, 51.46, 78.25

Decimal13481441

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#bb9ad6 #a980cb #9765c1 #854ab6 #713f9b #5e3481 #4a2966 #371e4b #231430 #100916

Tints of thistle

#d1bbe3 #d5c1e6 #d9c7e8 #deceeb #e2d4ed #e6daf0 #eae0f2 #eee6f5 #f2ecf7 #f6f2fa

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c9e1b5 Analogous#b7b5e1 Analogous#e1b5df Triadic#e1cdb5 Triadic#b5e1cd Split complementary#dfe1b5 Split complementary#b5e1b7

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 9, 20, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdb5e1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 20 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 22 4 18

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 #cdb5e1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdb5e1; }
.text { color: #cdb5e1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdb5e1; }

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 #cdb5e1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdb5e1 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 #cdb5e1 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 #cdb5e1 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 #cdb5e1 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.