Linen

#e5e4df

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

Linen falls in the yellow band, pale and grey. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Linen color values

Every conversion for #e5e4df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5e4df

RGB229, 228, 223

HSL50, 10%, 89%

HSV50, 3%, 90%

CMYK0%, 0%, 3%, 10%

Lab90.54, -0.54, 2.54

XYZ73.38, 77.47, 80.9

Decimal15066335

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone427 C

Shades of linen

#d2d0c8 #bfbdb1 #aca999 #999682 #85816c #6e6a59 #575446 #3f3d33 #282721 #11100e

Tints of linen

#e7e6e1 #e9e8e3 #eaeae6 #ecebe8 #eeedea #f0efec #f2f1ef #f3f3f1 #f5f5f3 #f7f7f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#dfe0e5 Analogous#e5e1df Analogous#e3e5df Triadic#dfe5e4 Triadic#e4dfe5 Split complementary#dfe3e5 Split complementary#e1dfe5

Linen in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 3, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5e4df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 3 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 7 16

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 #e5e4df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5e4df; }
.text { color: #e5e4df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5e4df; }

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 #e5e4df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5e4df 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 #e5e4df 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 #e5e4df 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 #e5e4df are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.