Linen

#cdcdc2

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

Linen falls in the yellow band, light 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 #cdcdc2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cdcdc2

RGB205, 205, 194

HSL60, 10%, 78%

HSV60, 5%, 80%

CMYK0%, 0%, 5%, 20%

Lab82.13, -1.95, 5.46

XYZ56.75, 60.54, 59.73

Decimal13487554

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone441 C

Shades of linen

#bcbcae #acac9a #9b9b85 #8a8a71 #767661 #626250 #4e4e40 #39392f #25251e #11110e

Tints of linen

#d1d1c7 #d5d5cc #dadad1 #deded6 #e2e2dc #e6e6e1 #eaeae6 #efefeb #f3f3f0 #f7f7f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#c2c2cd Analogous#cdc8c2 Analogous#c8cdc2 Triadic#c2cdcd Triadic#cdc2cd Split complementary#c2c8cd Split complementary#c8c2cd

Linen in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 5, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cdcdc2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 5 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 9 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Linen in css

Copy #cdcdc2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cdcdc2; }
.text { color: #cdcdc2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cdcdc2; }

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 #cdcdc2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdcdc2 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 #cdcdc2 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 #cdcdc2 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 #cdcdc2 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 coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.