Linen

#ffefe3

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 #ffefe3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ffefe3

RGB255, 239, 227

HSL26, 100%, 95%

HSV26, 11%, 100%

CMYK0%, 6%, 11%, 0%

Lab95.39, 3.43, 7.73

XYZ85.97, 88.54, 85.23

Decimal16773091

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone5175 C

Shades of linen

#ffd5b6 #ffbb89 #ffa25c #ff882e #ff6e01 #d35a00 #a64700 #793400 #4c2000 #1f0d00

Colors that go with linen

Complementary#e3f3ff Analogous#ffe3e5 Analogous#fffde3 Triadic#e3ffef Triadic#efe3ff Split complementary#e3fffd Split complementary#e3e5ff

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, 6, 11, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ffefe3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 11 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 14 6

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 #ffefe3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ffefe3; }
.text { color: #ffefe3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffefe3; }

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 #ffefe3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ffefe3 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 #ffefe3 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 #ffefe3 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

The figures for #ffefe3 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.