Linen

#cec8c5

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 grey. 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 #cec8c5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cec8c5

RGB206, 200, 197

HSL20, 8%, 79%

HSV20, 4%, 81%

CMYK0%, 3%, 4%, 19%

Lab80.99, 1.55, 2.23

XYZ56.19, 58.46, 61.15

Decimal13551813

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5315 C

Shades of linen

#bdb5b1 #aca29d #9b8f88 #8a7b74 #766963 #615752 #4d4541 #393330 #25211f #110f0e

Tints of linen

#d6d1cf #dedad8 #e6e3e2 #efedec #f7f6f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#c5cbce Analogous#cec5c7 Analogous#cecdc5 Triadic#c5cec8 Triadic#c8c5ce Split complementary#c5cecd Split complementary#c5c7ce

Linen in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 4, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cec8c5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 4 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 8 25

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 #cec8c5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cec8c5; }
.text { color: #cec8c5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cec8c5; }

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 #cec8c5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cec8c5 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 #cec8c5 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 #cec8c5 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 #cec8c5 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.