Linen

#dfded5

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 muted. 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 #dfded5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfded5

RGB223, 222, 213

HSL54, 14%, 85%

HSV54, 4%, 87%

CMYK0%, 0%, 4%, 13%

Lab88.32, -1.24, 4.52

XYZ68.56, 72.73, 73.38

Decimal14671573

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone427 C

Shades of linen

#cdccbe #bcbaa7 #aaa890 #999679 #848165 #6d6b53 #565442 #3f3e30 #28271f #11110d

Tints of linen

#e6e6df #eeede8 #f5f5f2

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d5d6df Analogous#dfd9d5 Analogous#dbdfd5 Triadic#d5dfde Triadic#ded5df Split complementary#d5dbdf Split complementary#d9d5df

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, 0, 4, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfded5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 4 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Linen in css

Copy #dfded5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfded5; }
.text { color: #dfded5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfded5; }

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 #dfded5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfded5 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 #dfded5 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 #dfded5 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 #dfded5 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.