Linen

#e9dcd4

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 soft. 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 #e9dcd4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e9dcd4

RGB233, 220, 212

HSL23, 32%, 87%

HSV23, 9%, 91%

CMYK0%, 6%, 9%, 9%

Lab88.57, 3.1, 5.51

XYZ71.08, 73.26, 72.68

Decimal15326420

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone434 C

Shades of linen

#dbc6b9 #cdaf9d #bf9982 #b18366 #9d6e50 #825b42 #664834 #4b3426 #302118 #140e0a

Tints of linen

#ebdfd7 #ece1da #eee4dd #efe6e0 #f1e9e4 #f3ebe7 #f4eeea #f6f0ed #f7f3f0 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d4e1e9 Analogous#e9d4d6 Analogous#e9e7d4 Triadic#d4e9dc Triadic#dcd4e9 Split complementary#d4e9e7 Split complementary#d4d6e9

Linen in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 9, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e9dcd4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 9 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 12 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 #e9dcd4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e9dcd4; }
.text { color: #e9dcd4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e9dcd4; }

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 #e9dcd4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e9dcd4 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 #e9dcd4 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 #e9dcd4 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

The figures for #e9dcd4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.