Linen

#dfd8d8

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

Linen is a light red that reads soft. Light reds like this land in beauty, food and lifestyle branding. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Linen color values

Every conversion for #dfd8d8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfd8d8

RGB223, 216, 216

HSL0, 10%, 86%

HSV0, 3%, 87%

CMYK0%, 3%, 3%, 13%

Lab86.88, 2.39, 0.84

XYZ67.38, 69.76, 74.88

Decimal14670040

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5315 C

Shades of linen

#cdc2c2 #baabab #a89595 #957e7e #816a6a #6b5757 #544545 #3e3333 #272020 #110e0e

Tints of linen

#e1dbdb #e4dede #e6e1e1 #e9e4e4 #ebe7e7 #edeaea #f0ecec #f2efef #f5f2f2 #f7f5f5

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d8dfdf Analogous#dfd8dc Analogous#dfdcd8 Triadic#d8dfd8 Triadic#d8d8df Split complementary#d8dfdc Split complementary#d8dcdf

Linen in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 3, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfd8d8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 3 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 7 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 #dfd8d8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfd8d8; }
.text { color: #dfd8d8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfd8d8; }

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 #dfd8d8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfd8d8 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 #dfd8d8 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 #dfd8d8 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 #dfd8d8 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.