Linen

#e8dcd1

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 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 #e8dcd1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8dcd1

RGB232, 220, 209

HSL29, 33%, 86%

HSV29, 10%, 91%

CMYK0%, 5%, 10%, 9%

Lab88.42, 2.26, 6.86

XYZ70.38, 72.95, 70.69

Decimal15260881

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone434 C

Shades of linen

#dac7b6 #cdb29a #bf9e7f #b18964 #9d744f #826041 #664c33 #4b3826 #302318 #140f0a

Tints of linen

#eadfd4 #ebe1d8 #ede4db #efe6df #f1e9e2 #f2ece5 #f4eee9 #f6f1ec #f7f3f0 #f9f6f3

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d1dde8 Analogous#e8d1d2 Analogous#e8e8d1 Triadic#d1e8dc Triadic#dcd1e8 Split complementary#d1e8e8 Split complementary#d1d1e8

Linen in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 10, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8dcd1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 10 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 13 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 #e8dcd1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8dcd1; }
.text { color: #e8dcd1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8dcd1; }

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 #e8dcd1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8dcd1 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 #e8dcd1 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 #e8dcd1 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 #e8dcd1 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.