Linen

#efddd2

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

This is Linen, a soft orange at 23 degrees. 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 #efddd2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#efddd2

RGB239, 221, 210

HSL23, 48%, 88%

HSV23, 12%, 94%

CMYK0%, 8%, 12%, 6%

Lab89.26, 4.37, 7.61

XYZ73.09, 74.72, 71.54

Decimal15719890

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone5245 C

Shades of linen

#e4c6b3 #d9ae94 #ce9775 #c38057 #b16a3f #925834 #734529 #54331e #352013 #170e08

Tints of linen

#f1e2d8 #f5e9e2 #f7eee8 #f9f3ef

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#d2e4ef Analogous#efd2d5 Analogous#efecd2 Triadic#d2efdd Triadic#ddd2ef Split complementary#d2efec Split complementary#d2d5ef

Linen in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 8, 12, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #efddd2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 8 12 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 11 15 12

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 #efddd2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #efddd2; }
.text { color: #efddd2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #efddd2; }

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 #efddd2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #efddd2 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 #efddd2 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 #efddd2 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 #efddd2 are worked out. 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.