Thistle

#d1c8cf

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

This is Thistle, a grey pink at 313 degrees. 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 #d1c8cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d1c8cf

RGB209, 200, 207

HSL313, 9%, 80%

HSV313, 4%, 82%

CMYK0%, 4%, 1%, 18%

Lab81.49, 4.38, -2.38

XYZ58.21, 59.37, 67.42

Decimal13748431

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone664 C

Shades of thistle

#c0b3bd #af9fab #9d8a99 #8c7687 #786473 #63535f #4e424c #3a3038 #251f24 #110e10

Tints of thistle

#d9d1d7 #dcd6db #e4dfe3 #ece8eb #f3f1f3

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#c8d1ca Analogous#cfc8d1 Analogous#d1c8cb Triadic#cfd1c8 Triadic#c8cfd1 Split complementary#cbd1c8 Split complementary#c8d1cf

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 1, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d1c8cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 1 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 5 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 #d1c8cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d1c8cf; }
.text { color: #d1c8cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d1c8cf; }

How thistle looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Thistle and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d1c8cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d1c8cf 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 #d1c8cf 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 #d1c8cf 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 #d1c8cf are worked out. 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.