All About Color Thistle

#D8BFD8

A soft, muted lavender with a hint of grey, like the color of thistle flowers.

About Thistle

Thistle is a very light pink color with the hex code #D8BFD8. In RGB it is red 216, green 191, blue 216; in HSL it is hue 300°, saturation 24%, lightness 80%; in CMYK it is 0%, 12%, 0%, 15%. Its contrast ratio is 1.70:1 on white and 12.36:1 on black.

#D8BFD8 Color Conversion

Hex tripletD8, BF, D8
CMYK0.00%, 11.57%, 0.00%, 15.29%
RGB Decimal216, 191, 216
HSL300°, 24%, 80%
RGB Octal330, 277, 330
HSV (HSB)300.00°, 11.57%, 84.71%
RGB Binary11011000, 10111111, 11011000
CIE-L*AB80.08, 13.22, -9.24
RGB Percent84.71%, 74.90%, 84.71%
CIE-L*CH80.08, 16.13, 325.06
XYZ59.34, 56.82, 72.81
CIE-L*UV80.08, 12.73, -16.45
xyY0.31, 0.30, 56.82
Hunter-Lab75.38, 8.62, -4.50
RYB84.71%, 74.90%, 84.71%

Color Accessibility Scores

#D8BFD8 on a dark background: contrast 12.36:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#D8BFD8 on a light background: contrast 1.70:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Thistle, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Thistle. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#D8BFD8 · #F5EFF5 · #B587B5 · #C0D8C0 · #EFF5EF

Analogous palette

#C0C0D8 · #CCC0D8 · #D8BFD8 · #D8C0CC · #D8C0C0

Triadic palette

#D8BFD8 · #D8D8C0 · #C0D8D8 · #F5EFF5 · #F5F5EF

Tetradic palette

#D8BFD8 · #D8CCC0 · #C0D8C0 · #C0CCD8 · #B587B5

Monochromatic palette

#9E619E · #BB90BB · #D8BFD8 · #F5EFF5 · #F5EFF5

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