Linen

#dfd7d5

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for linen, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Linen, a muted red sitting at 12 degrees on the wheel. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Linen color values

Every conversion for #dfd7d5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfd7d5

RGB223, 215, 213

HSL12, 14%, 85%

HSV12, 4%, 87%

CMYK0%, 4%, 4%, 13%

Lab86.55, 2.39, 1.95

XYZ66.74, 69.09, 72.77

Decimal14669781

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5315 C

Shades of linen

#cdc1be #bcaba7 #aa9590 #997f79 #846b65 #6d5953 #564642 #3f3330 #28211f #110e0d

Tints of linen

#e1dad8 #e4dddb #e6e0df #e9e3e2 #ebe6e5 #eee9e8 #f0eceb #f2efee #f5f2f2 #f7f5f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d5dddf Analogous#dfd5d8 Analogous#dfdcd5 Triadic#d5dfd7 Triadic#d7d5df Split complementary#d5dfdc Split complementary#d5d8df

Linen in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 4, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfd7d5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 4 13

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 8 19

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Linen in css

Copy #dfd7d5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfd7d5; }
.text { color: #dfd7d5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfd7d5; }

How linen looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Linen and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #dfd7d5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfd7d5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Linen on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #dfd7d5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around linen? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn linen into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #dfd7d5 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from linen, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #dfd7d5 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.