Thistle

#dfbed5

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

Thistle is a light pink, open 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 #dfbed5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfbed5

RGB223, 190, 213

HSL318, 34%, 81%

HSV318, 15%, 87%

CMYK0%, 15%, 4%, 13%

Lab80.36, 15.61, -7.14

XYZ60.86, 57.32, 70.81

Decimal14663381

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone531 C

Shades of thistle

#d2a4c4 #c68bb4 #b971a3 #ad5893 #95497e #7b3d68 #613052 #48233d #2e1727 #150a11

Tints of thistle

#e4c9dc #e9d3e3 #ecd9e6 #f1e3ed #f4e8f0 #f7eef4 #f9f3f7

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#bedfc8 Analogous#d8bedf Analogous#dfbec5 Triadic#d5dfbe Triadic#bed5df Split complementary#c5dfbe Split complementary#bedfd8

Thistle in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 15, 4, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfbed5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 15 4 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 18 8 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 #dfbed5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfbed5; }
.text { color: #dfbed5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfbed5; }

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 #dfbed5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfbed5 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 #dfbed5 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 #dfbed5 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 #dfbed5 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.