Linen

#e2e2dd

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

Linen falls in the yellow band, pale and grey. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Linen color values

Every conversion for #e2e2dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2e2dd

RGB226, 226, 221

HSL60, 8%, 88%

HSV60, 2%, 89%

CMYK0%, 0%, 2%, 11%

Lab89.76, -0.88, 2.43

XYZ71.61, 75.78, 79.26

Decimal14869213

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5455 C

Shades of linen

#cfcfc7 #bcbcb0 #a8a89a #959583 #81816e #6a6a5b #545448 #3d3d34 #272721 #11110e

Tints of linen

#e4e4df #e6e6e2 #e8e8e4 #eaeae7 #ecece9 #eeeeec #f1f1ee #f3f3f0 #f5f5f3 #f7f7f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#dddde2 Analogous#e2e0dd Analogous#e0e2dd Triadic#dde2e2 Triadic#e2dde2 Split complementary#dde0e2 Split complementary#e0dde2

Linen in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 2, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2e2dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 2 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 6 17

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 #e2e2dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2e2dd; }
.text { color: #e2e2dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2e2dd; }

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 #e2e2dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2e2dd 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 #e2e2dd 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 #e2e2dd 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

Every value on this page for #e2e2dd is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.