Linen

#d6cdca

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 #d6cdca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d6cdca

RGB214, 205, 202

HSL15, 13%, 82%

HSV15, 6%, 84%

CMYK0%, 4%, 6%, 16%

Lab83.03, 2.59, 2.59

XYZ60.22, 62.22, 64.71

Decimal14077386

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5315 C

Shades of linen

#c5b9b4 #b4a49f #a49089 #937b73 #7e6961 #685651 #524440 #3d322f #27201e #110e0d

Tints of linen

#ddd5d3 #e3dddb #eae5e4 #f1edec #f7f6f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#cad3d6 Analogous#d6cacd Analogous#d6d3ca Triadic#cad6cd Triadic#cdcad6 Split complementary#cad6d3 Split complementary#cacdd6

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, 4, 6, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d6cdca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 6 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 10 22

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 #d6cdca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d6cdca; }
.text { color: #d6cdca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d6cdca; }

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 #d6cdca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d6cdca 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 #d6cdca 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 #d6cdca 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 #d6cdca are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.