CSS named color

Thistle #D8BFD8

Thistle is light muted magenta. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Thistle used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
1.70:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕
Aa The quick brown fox
12.36:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Thistle — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Thistle by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#D8BFD8 ≈ Light Gray #C0D8C0 ≈ Light Gray

Analogous

#CCC0D8 ≈ Thistle #D8BFD8 ≈ Light Gray #D8C0CC ≈ Thistle

Triadic

#D8BFD8 ≈ Light Gray #D8D8C0 ≈ Light Gray #C0D8D8 ≈ Light Gray

Split-complementary

#D8BFD8 ≈ Light Gray #CCD8C0 ≈ Light Gray #C0D8CC ≈ Light Gray

Tetradic

#D8BFD8 ≈ Light Gray #D8CCC0 ≈ Light Gray #C0D8C0 ≈ Light Gray #C0CCD8 ≈ Light Steel Blue

Use Thistle in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#d8bfd8], border-[#d8bfd8].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Thistle into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

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Similar named colors

Light Gray #D3D3D3 Silver #C0C0C0 Gainsboro #DCDCDC Plum #DDA0DD Light Steel Blue #B0C4DE Pink #FFC0CB

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