Linen

#e8dcd7

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

Linen is a pale orange with airy warmth. 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 #e8dcd7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8dcd7

RGB232, 220, 215

HSL18, 27%, 88%

HSV18, 7%, 91%

CMYK0%, 5%, 7%, 9%

Lab88.57, 3.25, 3.91

XYZ71.14, 73.25, 74.68

Decimal15260887

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone5175 C

Shades of linen

#d9c5bd #caaea2 #ba9788 #ab7f6d #986a57 #7d5848 #634539 #48332a #2e201a #130e0b

Tints of linen

#eadfda #ebe1dd #ede4e0 #efe6e2 #f0e9e5 #f2ebe8 #f4eeeb #f5f0ee #f7f3f1 #f8f5f4

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d7e3e8 Analogous#e8d7da Analogous#e8e5d7 Triadic#d7e8dc Triadic#dcd7e8 Split complementary#d7e8e5 Split complementary#d7dae8

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, 5, 7, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8dcd7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 7 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 10 15

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 #e8dcd7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8dcd7; }
.text { color: #e8dcd7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8dcd7; }

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 #e8dcd7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8dcd7 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 #e8dcd7 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 #e8dcd7 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 #e8dcd7 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.