Linen

#e5dedb

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

Linen is a pale orange with airy warmth. 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 #e5dedb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e5dedb

RGB229, 222, 219

HSL18, 16%, 88%

HSV18, 4%, 90%

CMYK0%, 3%, 4%, 10%

Lab88.93, 1.86, 2.3

XYZ71.22, 74.02, 77.55

Decimal15064795

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5315 C

Shades of linen

#d3c8c3 #c2b2ab #b09b92 #9f857a #8b7064 #735c53 #5a4941 #423530 #2a221e #120e0d

Tints of linen

#ebe5e3 #f0ecea #f6f3f2

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#dbe2e5 Analogous#e5dbdd Analogous#e5e3db Triadic#dbe5de Triadic#dedbe5 Split complementary#dbe5e3 Split complementary#dbdde5

Linen in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 4, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e5dedb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 4 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 8 16

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 #e5dedb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e5dedb; }
.text { color: #e5dedb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e5dedb; }

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 #e5dedb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e5dedb 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 #e5dedb 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 #e5dedb 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 #e5dedb 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.