Linen

#f4e5dd

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. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Linen color values

Every conversion for #f4e5dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4e5dd

RGB244, 229, 221

HSL21, 51%, 91%

HSV21, 9%, 96%

CMYK0%, 6%, 9%, 4%

Lab91.91, 3.77, 5.71

XYZ78.38, 80.49, 79.81

Decimal16049629

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone5175 C

Shades of linen

#e9ccbc #dfb39b #d49a7b #ca815a #bb693d #9a5632 #7a4427 #59321d #381f12 #170d07

Tints of linen

#f5e7df #f5e8e1 #f6eae3 #f7ebe5 #f7ede7 #f8eee9 #f9f0eb #f9f2ed #faf3ef #fbf5f2

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#ddecf4 Analogous#f4dde1 Analogous#f4f1dd Triadic#ddf4e5 Triadic#e5ddf4 Split complementary#ddf4f1 Split complementary#dde1f4

Linen in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 9, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4e5dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 9 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 12 10

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 #f4e5dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4e5dd; }
.text { color: #f4e5dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4e5dd; }

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 #f4e5dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4e5dd 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 #f4e5dd 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 #f4e5dd 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 #f4e5dd are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.