Linen

#dad2c8

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

This is Linen, a muted orange at 33 degrees. 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 #dad2c8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dad2c8

RGB218, 210, 200

HSL33, 20%, 82%

HSV33, 8%, 85%

CMYK0%, 4%, 8%, 15%

Lab84.57, 1.03, 5.92

XYZ62.39, 65.17, 63.93

Decimal14340808

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone428 C

Shades of linen

#cabfb1 #bbac9a #ab9983 #9c866b #86735a #6f5f4b #584b3b #41372b #29231c #12100c

Tints of linen

#e0d9d1 #e6e1da #ece8e3 #f2efeb #f8f6f4

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#c8d0da Analogous#dac9c8 Analogous#d9dac8 Triadic#c8dad2 Triadic#d2c8da Split complementary#c8d9da Split complementary#c9c8da

Linen in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 8, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dad2c8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 8 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 11 21

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 #dad2c8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dad2c8; }
.text { color: #dad2c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dad2c8; }

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 #dad2c8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dad2c8 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 #dad2c8 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 #dad2c8 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 #dad2c8 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.