Linen

#dcd9d4

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 grey. 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 #dcd9d4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcd9d4

RGB220, 217, 212

HSL37, 10%, 85%

HSV37, 4%, 86%

CMYK0%, 1%, 4%, 14%

Lab86.8, 0.14, 2.81

XYZ66.21, 69.59, 72.23

Decimal14473684

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5455 C

Shades of linen

#cac5be #b8b2a8 #a69e92 #948b7b #807768 #696256 #534d44 #3d3932 #272420 #11100e

Tints of linen

#dfdcd7 #e1dfdb #e4e2de #e7e5e1 #e9e8e5 #ecebe8 #efeeeb #f2f0ef #f4f3f2 #f7f6f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d4d7dc Analogous#dcd5d4 Analogous#dbdcd4 Triadic#d4dcd9 Triadic#d9d4dc Split complementary#d4dbdc Split complementary#d5d4dc

Linen in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 4, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcd9d4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 4 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 8 20

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 #dcd9d4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcd9d4; }
.text { color: #dcd9d4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcd9d4; }

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 #dcd9d4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcd9d4 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 #dcd9d4 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 #dcd9d4 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 #dcd9d4 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.