Linen

#eee7dc

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

Linen is a pale orange with gentle warmth. 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 #eee7dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eee7dc

RGB238, 231, 220

HSL37, 35%, 90%

HSV37, 8%, 93%

CMYK0%, 3%, 8%, 7%

Lab91.91, 0.5, 6.18

XYZ76.75, 80.5, 79.2

Decimal15656924

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone427 C

Shades of linen

#e0d3bf #d2c0a2 #c4ac86 #b69869 #a48450 #886d42 #6b5634 #4e3f26 #312718 #15100a

Tints of linen

#efe9de #f0eae1 #f1ece3 #f2ede5 #f4efe7 #f5f0ea #f6f2ec #f7f4ee #f8f5f1 #f9f7f3

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#dce3ee Analogous#eededc Analogous#eceedc Triadic#dceee7 Triadic#e7dcee Split complementary#dcecee Split complementary#dedcee

Linen in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 8, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eee7dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 8 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 11 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 #eee7dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eee7dc; }
.text { color: #eee7dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eee7dc; }

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 #eee7dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eee7dc 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 #eee7dc 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 #eee7dc 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

Here is how the numbers for #eee7dc are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.