Linen

#e9dcd7

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

Linen is a pale orange with quiet 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 #e9dcd7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e9dcd7

RGB233, 220, 215

HSL17, 29%, 88%

HSV17, 8%, 91%

CMYK0%, 6%, 8%, 9%

Lab88.65, 3.6, 4.03

XYZ71.46, 73.42, 74.69

Decimal15326423

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone5175 C

Shades of linen

#dac4bc #cbada1 #bd9586 #ae7e6b #9a6855 #7f5646 #654437 #4a3228 #2f201a #140d0b

Tints of linen

#ebdeda #ece1dd #eee3e0 #efe6e2 #f1e8e5 #f2ebe8 #f4edeb #f6f0ee #f7f2f1 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d7e4e9 Analogous#e9d7db Analogous#e9e5d7 Triadic#d7e9dc Triadic#dcd7e9 Split complementary#d7e9e5 Split complementary#d7dbe9

Linen in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 8, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e9dcd7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 8 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 11 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 #e9dcd7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e9dcd7; }
.text { color: #e9dcd7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e9dcd7; }

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 #e9dcd7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e9dcd7 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 #e9dcd7 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 #e9dcd7 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 #e9dcd7 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.