Linen

#c5c1ba

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

Linen is a light orange with soft 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 #c5c1ba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c5c1ba

RGB197, 193, 186

HSL38, 9%, 75%

HSV38, 6%, 77%

CMYK0%, 2%, 6%, 23%

Lab78.2, 0.15, 4.0

XYZ50.96, 53.56, 54.11

Decimal12960186

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone421 C

Shades of linen

#b5b0a7 #a59f94 #958d81 #847c6f #706a5e #5d584e #4a463e #37342e #24221e #11100e

Tints of linen

#cac6c0 #cfccc6 #d4d1cc #d9d6d2 #dedcd8 #e3e1de #e8e6e4 #edece9 #f2f1ef #f7f6f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#babec5 Analogous#c5bcba Analogous#c3c5ba Triadic#bac5c1 Triadic#c1bac5 Split complementary#bac3c5 Split complementary#bbbac5

Linen in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 6, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c5c1ba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 6 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 10 29

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 #c5c1ba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c5c1ba; }
.text { color: #c5c1ba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c5c1ba; }

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 #c5c1ba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c5c1ba 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 #c5c1ba 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 #c5c1ba 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 #c5c1ba come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.