Linen

#e4e1dd

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

This is Linen, a grey orange at 34 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Linen color values

Every conversion for #e4e1dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4e1dd

RGB228, 225, 221

HSL34, 11%, 88%

HSV34, 3%, 89%

CMYK0%, 1%, 3%, 11%

Lab89.66, 0.31, 2.3

XYZ71.97, 75.56, 79.2

Decimal15000029

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone427 C

Shades of linen

#d1ccc6 #bfb8ae #aca397 #9a8f80 #867a6a #6e6558 #574f45 #403a33 #282520 #11100e

Tints of linen

#e6e3df #e8e5e2 #eae7e4 #ece9e7 #eeece9 #efeeeb #f1f0ee #f3f2f0 #f5f4f3 #f7f6f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#dde0e4 Analogous#e4dddd Analogous#e4e4dd Triadic#dde4e1 Triadic#e1dde4 Split complementary#dde4e4 Split complementary#dddde4

Linen in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 3, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4e1dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 3 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 7 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 #e4e1dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4e1dd; }
.text { color: #e4e1dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4e1dd; }

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 #e4e1dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4e1dd 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 #e4e1dd 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 #e4e1dd 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 #e4e1dd 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.