Linen

#dcd2ce

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 17 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Linen color values

Every conversion for #dcd2ce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dcd2ce

RGB220, 210, 206

HSL17, 17%, 84%

HSV17, 6%, 86%

CMYK0%, 5%, 6%, 14%

Lab84.88, 2.75, 3.2

XYZ63.7, 65.77, 67.73

Decimal14471886

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5315 C

Shades of linen

#ccbdb7 #bba8a0 #ab9289 #9a7d72 #856a5f #6e584f #57453e #40332e #29211d #120e0d

Tints of linen

#e2d9d6 #e7e0dd #ede7e5 #f2eeed #f8f5f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#ced8dc Analogous#dcced1 Analogous#dcd9ce Triadic#cedcd2 Triadic#d2cedc Split complementary#cedcd9 Split complementary#ced1dc

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, 5, 6, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dcd2ce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 6 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 10 20

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 #dcd2ce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dcd2ce; }
.text { color: #dcd2ce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dcd2ce; }

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 #dcd2ce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dcd2ce 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 #dcd2ce 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 #dcd2ce 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 #dcd2ce is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.