Linen

#e4dcd2

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

Linen sits in the orange range, light and muted. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Linen color values

Every conversion for #e4dcd2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4dcd2

RGB228, 220, 210

HSL33, 25%, 86%

HSV33, 8%, 89%

CMYK0%, 4%, 8%, 11%

Lab88.13, 1.02, 5.87

XYZ69.22, 72.33, 71.29

Decimal14998738

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone427 C

Shades of linen

#d5c8b9 #c5b49f #b6a186 #a78d6c #927858 #796349 #604f39 #463a2a #2d251b #13100b

Tints of linen

#e6dfd5 #e8e1d9 #eae4dc #ece7e0 #eee9e3 #f0ece6 #f2eeea #f4f1ed #f6f4f0 #f8f6f4

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d2dae4 Analogous#e4d3d2 Analogous#e3e4d2 Triadic#d2e4dc Triadic#dcd2e4 Split complementary#d2e3e4 Split complementary#d3d2e4

Linen in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 8, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4dcd2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 8 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 11 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 #e4dcd2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4dcd2; }
.text { color: #e4dcd2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4dcd2; }

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 #e4dcd2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4dcd2 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 #e4dcd2 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 #e4dcd2 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 #e4dcd2 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.