Linen

#ccc9bf

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

This is Linen, a grey yellow at 46 degrees. 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 #ccc9bf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ccc9bf

RGB204, 201, 191

HSL46, 11%, 77%

HSV46, 6%, 80%

CMYK0%, 1%, 6%, 20%

Lab80.95, -0.73, 5.35

XYZ55.19, 58.37, 57.65

Decimal13420991

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone428 C

Shades of linen

#bcb8ab #aca796 #9c9682 #8b846f #76715e #625e4e #4e4a3e #3a372e #25241e #11100e

Tints of linen

#d5d2ca #dddbd5 #e6e4df #eeedea #f7f7f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#bfc2cc Analogous#ccc3bf Analogous#c9ccbf Triadic#bfccc9 Triadic#c9bfcc Split complementary#bfc9cc Split complementary#c3bfcc

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, 1, 6, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ccc9bf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 6 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 10 26

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Linen in css

Copy #ccc9bf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ccc9bf; }
.text { color: #ccc9bf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ccc9bf; }

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 #ccc9bf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ccc9bf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Linen on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #ccc9bf 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn linen into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ccc9bf 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

Every value on this page for #ccc9bf is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.