Linen

#e4dcd4

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

Linen is a light orange with soft warmth. 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 #e4dcd4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4dcd4

RGB228, 220, 212

HSL30, 23%, 86%

HSV30, 7%, 89%

CMYK0%, 4%, 7%, 11%

Lab88.18, 1.36, 4.88

XYZ69.47, 72.43, 72.61

Decimal14998740

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone427 C

Shades of linen

#d4c8bb #c4b3a2 #b59f89 #a58a6f #91765b #77614b #5e4d3b #45382b #2c241c #130f0c

Tints of linen

#e6dfd7 #e8e1da #eae4de #ece6e1 #eee9e4 #f0ece7 #f2eeea #f4f1ee #f6f3f1 #f8f6f4

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d4dce4 Analogous#e4d4d4 Analogous#e4e4d4 Triadic#d4e4dc Triadic#dcd4e4 Split complementary#d4e4e4 Split complementary#d4d4e4

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, 7, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4dcd4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 7 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 10 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 #e4dcd4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4dcd4; }
.text { color: #e4dcd4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4dcd4; }

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 #e4dcd4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4dcd4 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 #e4dcd4 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 #e4dcd4 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 #e4dcd4 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.