Linen

#e9dfd5

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

Linen is a light orange with relaxed 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 #e9dfd5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e9dfd5

RGB233, 223, 213

HSL30, 31%, 87%

HSV30, 9%, 91%

CMYK0%, 4%, 9%, 9%

Lab89.35, 1.71, 6.1

XYZ72.0, 74.9, 73.61

Decimal15327189

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone434 C

Shades of linen

#dbcaba #ccb59e #bea183 #b08c68 #9c7752 #816244 #664e35 #4b3927 #2f2419 #140f0b

Tints of linen

#ebe1d8 #ece4db #eee6de #efe8e1 #f1ebe4 #f3ede7 #f4efea #f6f1ed #f7f4f0 #f9f6f3

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d5dfe9 Analogous#e9d5d5 Analogous#e9e9d5 Triadic#d5e9df Triadic#dfd5e9 Split complementary#d5e9e9 Split complementary#d5d5e9

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, 9, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e9dfd5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 9 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 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 #e9dfd5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e9dfd5; }
.text { color: #e9dfd5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e9dfd5; }

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 #e9dfd5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e9dfd5 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 #e9dfd5 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 #e9dfd5 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 #e9dfd5 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.