Thistle

Hex #D8BFD8, rgb(216 191 216). A purple CSS named color.

Thistle#D8BFD8

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About Thistle

Thistle is a light muted purple with the hex code #D8BFD8. In RGB it is made of 216 red, 191 green and 216 blue; in HSL its hue is 300°, with 24% saturation and 80% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 83.3%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "thistle" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 1.70:1 and against black 12.36:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Thistle mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

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Thistle 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Thistle

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

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Monochromatic

Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Thistle with white and black. The readable text color on Thistle is black.

Thistle textSmall text on white

On white1.70:1

AA fail
AA Large fail
AAA fail
UI 3:1 fail

APCA Lc 30

Thistle textSmall text on black

On black12.36:1

AA pass
AA Large pass
AAA pass
UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -72

Black text on Thistle (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Thistle appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

Protanopia#BEC5D9
Deuteranopia#C3C8D7
Tritanopia#DAC1C7
Protanomaly#C5C4D9
Deuteranomaly#C8C6D7
Tritanomaly#D9C0D0
Achromatopsia#C7C7C7

Colors similar to Thistle

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Thistle in CSS and Tailwind

CSS

.thistle {
  color: thistle; /* #D8BFD8 */
  background-color: rgb(216 191 216);
  border-color: oklch(83.3% 0.044 326);
}

Tailwind CSS

/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-thistle-500, text-thistle-700... */
@theme {
  --color-thistle-50: #FCF9FC;
  --color-thistle-100: #F4ECF4;
  --color-thistle-200: #E8DAE8;
  --color-thistle-300: #D8BFD8;
  --color-thistle-400: #B994BA;
  --color-thistle-500: #A57AA5;
  --color-thistle-600: #8F668F;
  --color-thistle-700: #735174;
  --color-thistle-800: #5B415C;
  --color-thistle-900: #4A344A;
  --color-thistle-950: #1E111E;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#D8BFD8] text-[#000000]">…</div>