Linen

#dddbd5

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 #dddbd5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dddbd5

RGB221, 219, 213

HSL45, 11%, 85%

HSV45, 4%, 87%

CMYK0%, 1%, 4%, 13%

Lab87.41, -0.38, 3.17

XYZ67.16, 70.84, 73.08

Decimal14539733

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone427 C

Shades of linen

#cbc8bf #b9b5a8 #a7a292 #958f7c #807a68 #6a6556 #545044 #3d3b32 #272520 #11100e

Tints of linen

#e0ded8 #e2e1db #e5e3df #e7e6e2 #eae9e5 #edece8 #efeeeb #f2f1ef #f4f4f2 #f7f7f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d5d7dd Analogous#ddd7d5 Analogous#dbddd5 Triadic#d5dddb Triadic#dbd5dd Split complementary#d5dbdd Split complementary#d7d5dd

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, 1, 4, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dddbd5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 4 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 8 19

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 #dddbd5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dddbd5; }
.text { color: #dddbd5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dddbd5; }

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 #dddbd5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dddbd5 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 #dddbd5 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 #dddbd5 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 #dddbd5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.