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#d8bfd8

Thistle Color

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A pale grayish-purple named after the thistle flower.

Nearest Tailwind class pink-200 #fccee8 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#d8bfd8

RGB

rgb(216, 191, 216)

HSL

hsl(300, 24.3%, 79.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(300, 11.6%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(80.08, 13.22, -9.23)

LCH

lch(80.08, 16.12, 325.08)

OKLCH

oklch(83.3%, 0.0439, 325.95)

HWB

hwb(300, 74.9%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bfd8bf

Analogous

#cbbfd8

#d8bfd8

#d8bfcb

Triadic

#d8bfd8

#d8d8bf

#bfd8d8

Split-complementary

#d8bfd8

#cbd8bf

#bfd8cb

Tetradic

#d8bfd8

#d8bfbf

#bfd8bf

#bfd8d8

Square

#d8bfd8

#d8cbbf

#bfd8bf

#bfcbd8

Shades

Thistle Color mixed toward black.

#be95be

#a56ba5

#7e4d7e

#543354

#2a1a2a

Tints

Thistle Color mixed toward white.

#dfcadf

#e5d4e5

#ecdfec

#f2eaf2

#f9f4f9

Tones

Thistle Color mixed toward gray.

#d6c1d6

#d4c3d4

#d2c5d2

#d0c7d0

#cec9ce

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cecdd2 · ΔE 12.5

Deuteranopia

#cfd1d1 · ΔE 15.6

Tritanopia

#d7cecd · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #d8bfd8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d8bfd8]

Related colors

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Violet #ee82ee

Orchid #da70d6

Frequently asked questions

Thistle (#d8bfd8) is rgb(216, 191, 216) in RGB.

No, #d8bfd8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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