Linen

#f8f2ea

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

Linen sits in the orange range, pale and soft. 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 #f8f2ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f8f2ea

RGB248, 242, 234

HSL34, 50%, 95%

HSV34, 6%, 97%

CMYK0%, 2%, 6%, 3%

Lab95.75, 0.64, 4.55

XYZ85.31, 89.4, 90.6

Decimal16315114

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone427 C

Shades of linen

#edddc8 #e1c8a6 #d6b384 #cb9e63 #c08941 #9e7135 #7d592a #5b411e #392913 #171008

Tints of linen

#f8f2eb #f9f3ec #f9f3ec #f9f4ed #f9f4ee #faf5ef #faf5ef #faf6f0 #faf6f1 #fbf7f2

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#eaf0f8 Analogous#f8ebea Analogous#f7f8ea Triadic#eaf8f2 Triadic#f2eaf8 Split complementary#eaf7f8 Split complementary#ebeaf8

Linen in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 6, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f8f2ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 6 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 10 9

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 #f8f2ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f8f2ea; }
.text { color: #f8f2ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f8f2ea; }

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 #f8f2ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f8f2ea 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 #f8f2ea 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 #f8f2ea 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 #f8f2ea is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.