Thistle

#dbb7df

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

Thistle is a light pink, soft and easy to pair. 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 #dbb7df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dbb7df

RGB219, 183, 223

HSL294, 38%, 80%

HSV294, 18%, 87%

CMYK2%, 18%, 0%, 13%

Lab78.61, 19.84, -15.18

XYZ59.47, 54.25, 77.15

Decimal14399455

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone530 C

Shades of thistle

#ce9dd3 #c183c8 #b469bc #a74fb1 #8f4397 #76387d #5e2c63 #452149 #2d152f #140915

Tints of thistle

#debde2 #e1c3e4 #e4c9e7 #e7cfea #ead5ec #eddbef #f0e1f2 #f3e7f4 #f6edf7 #f9f3fa

Colors that go with thistle

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Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 2, 18, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dbb7df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 18 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 21 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Thistle in css

Copy #dbb7df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dbb7df; }
.text { color: #dbb7df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dbb7df; }

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 #dbb7df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dbb7df 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 #dbb7df 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 #dbb7df 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 #dbb7df is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.