Thistle

#cfbbdf

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Thistle color values

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

Hex#cfbbdf

RGB207, 187, 223

HSL273, 36%, 80%

HSV273, 16%, 87%

CMYK7%, 16%, 0%, 13%

Lab78.54, 13.71, -15.39

XYZ56.82, 54.13, 77.27

Decimal13614047

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2635 C

Shades of thistle

#bda1d3 #ab87c7 #986ebb #8654ae #734696 #5f3a7c #4b2e62 #372248 #24162f #100a15

Tints of thistle

#d3c1e2 #d7c6e4 #dbcce7 #dfd1ea #e3d7ec #e7ddef #ebe2f1 #efe8f4 #f2edf7 #f6f3f9

Colors that go with thistle

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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 7, 16, 0, 13.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 16 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 19 4 19

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 #cfbbdf straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cfbbdf 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 #cfbbdf 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 #cfbbdf 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

Here is how the numbers for #cfbbdf are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.