Thistle

#cfafd2

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. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Thistle color values

Every conversion for #cfafd2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cfafd2

RGB207, 175, 210

HSL295, 28%, 75%

HSV295, 17%, 82%

CMYK1%, 17%, 0%, 18%

Lab75.19, 17.7, -13.37

XYZ52.69, 48.58, 67.57

Decimal13610962

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone530 C

Shades of thistle

#c198c5 #b482b8 #a66bac #96589c #804b85 #6a3e6e #543158 #3f2541 #29182a #130b14

Tints of thistle

#d3b6d6 #d7bdda #dbc4de #dfcae1 #e4d1e5 #e8d8e9 #ecdfed #f0e6f1 #f4edf5 #f8f4f9

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#b2d2af Analogous#beafd2 Analogous#d2afc3 Triadic#d2cfaf Triadic#afd2cf Split complementary#c3d2af Split complementary#afd2be

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 1, 17, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cfafd2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 17 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 20 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #cfafd2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cfafd2; }
.text { color: #cfafd2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cfafd2; }

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 #cfafd2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cfafd2 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 #cfafd2 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 #cfafd2 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 #cfafd2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.