Thistle

#dbb2da

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 #dbb2da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dbb2da

RGB219, 178, 218

HSL301, 36%, 78%

HSV301, 19%, 86%

CMYK0%, 19%, 0%, 14%

Lab77.26, 21.61, -14.51

XYZ57.79, 51.96, 73.31

Decimal14398170

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone530 C

Shades of thistle

#cf99ce #c480c2 #b867b6 #ab50a8 #924490 #793877 #602d5f #472146 #2e152d #150a15

Tints of thistle

#deb8dd #e1bfe0 #e4c5e3 #e7cce6 #ead2ea #edd9ed #f0dff0 #f3e6f3 #f6ecf6 #f9f3f9

Colors that go with thistle

Complementary#b2dbb3 Analogous#c7b2db Analogous#dbb2c5 Triadic#dadbb2 Triadic#b2dadb Split complementary#c5dbb2 Split complementary#b2dbc7

Thistle in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 19, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dbb2da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 19 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 21 4 20

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 #dbb2da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dbb2da; }
.text { color: #dbb2da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dbb2da; }

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 #dbb2da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dbb2da 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 #dbb2da 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 #dbb2da 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 #dbb2da come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.