Thistle sits in the magenta / pink family, with the hex code #D8BFD8 mapping to rgb(216, 191, 216) in RGB and hsl(300, 24.3%, 79.8%) in HSL. In OKLCH it carries 83% perceptual lightness and 0.044 chroma — a desaturated, light reading that behaves well as a background, surface or supporting tone in modern interfaces. Magenta does not exist as a single wavelength — the brain invents it where red and blue meet. That synthetic, "designed" quality is why it reads as bold, contemporary and unmistakably digital. It commits hard.
Magenta does not exist as a single wavelength — the brain invents it where red and blue meet. That synthetic, "designed" quality is why it reads as bold, contemporary and unmistakably digital. It commits hard.
Magenta saturates print easily — verify in CMYK if the design will be printed. Online, mind that high-chroma magenta on dark mode can shimmer for users with astigmatism; lift lightness to soften.
#D8BFD8rgb(216, 191, 216)hsl(300, 24.3%, 79.8%)hsv(300, 11.6%, 84.7%)lch(80.06% 15.41 323.63)oklch(83.33% 0.0439 325.96)lab(80.06% 12.41 -9.14):root {
--color: #d8bfd8;
--color-rgb: rgb(216, 191, 216);
--color-hsl: hsl(300, 24.3%, 79.8%);
--color-oklch: oklch(83.33% 0.0439 325.96);
}How thistle performs as foreground text on common surfaces, scored with WCAG 2.1.
Tints are produced by mixing thistle with progressively more white.
Shades are produced by mixing thistle with progressively more black.
Tones are produced by mixing thistle with progressively more gray, lowering chroma while keeping lightness.