Linen

#eee5da

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

Linen is a pale orange with airy warmth. 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 #eee5da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eee5da

RGB238, 229, 218

HSL33, 37%, 89%

HSV33, 8%, 93%

CMYK0%, 4%, 8%, 7%

Lab91.36, 1.19, 6.43

XYZ75.93, 79.28, 77.63

Decimal15656410

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone427 C

Shades of linen

#e1d1bd #d3bca0 #c6a883 #b89365 #a77e4d #8a683f #6c5232 #4f3c24 #322617 #15100a

Tints of linen

#efe7dc #f0e8df #f1eae1 #f3ece4 #f4eee6 #f5efe9 #f6f1eb #f7f3ee #f8f5f0 #f9f6f3

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#dae3ee Analogous#eedbda Analogous#edeeda Triadic#daeee5 Triadic#e5daee Split complementary#daedee Split complementary#dbdaee

Linen in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 8, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eee5da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 8 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 11 13

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 #eee5da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eee5da; }
.text { color: #eee5da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eee5da; }

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 #eee5da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eee5da 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 #eee5da 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 #eee5da 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

The figures for #eee5da come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.