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Linen Color Code
HEX, RGB, HSL, and CMYK values for Linen, plus its tints, shades, and similar colors.
HEX
#FAF0E6
RGB
250, 240, 230
HSL
30, 67%, 94%
CMYK
0%, 4%, 8%, 2%
About Linen
Linen is a warm, rich very light shade of orange, sitting at 30° on the color wheel with 67% saturation and 94% lightness.
For text or UI elements on a Linen background, black text is more readable, giving a contrast ratio of 18.7:1 (AAA).
Its computed complementary color is #E5F0FA, closest in the library to Dodger Blue.
Example text on Linen
The Story Behind Linen
Linen is named after the fabric woven from flax fibers, and the color captures its natural, slightly warm off-white shade before any dye is added. It's a quiet, versatile neutral that's become a default background tone in a lot of minimalist web and print design.
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