Linen

#eee5df

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

Linen sits in the orange range, pale and soft. 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 #eee5df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eee5df

RGB238, 229, 223

HSL24, 31%, 90%

HSV24, 6%, 93%

CMYK0%, 4%, 6%, 7%

Lab91.48, 2.02, 3.99

XYZ76.6, 79.54, 81.13

Decimal15656415

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone5175 C

Shades of linen

#dfcec3 #d0b7a7 #c1a08b #b28a6f #a17355 #845f46 #684b37 #4c3728 #30231a #140e0b

Tints of linen

#efe7e1 #f0e8e3 #f1eae5 #f2ece7 #f3ede9 #f4efeb #f6f1ed #f7f2ef #f8f4f1 #f9f6f3

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#dfe8ee Analogous#eedfe1 Analogous#eeecdf Triadic#dfeee5 Triadic#e5dfee Split complementary#dfeeec Split complementary#dfe1ee

Linen in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 6, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eee5df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 6 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 10 13

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 #eee5df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eee5df; }
.text { color: #eee5df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eee5df; }

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 #eee5df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eee5df 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 #eee5df 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 #eee5df 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 #eee5df 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.