Information about Linen color
Basic facts about this digital color
#FAF0E6 presents itself as a strongly colored amber-leaning orange — one that radiates an almost-white brightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Rose White (#FBEEE8). Slightly further away sit Fashion White (#F8F3E8) and Eighth Dutch White (#F9F4E7).
The recipe behind #FAF0E6 is rgb(250, 240, 230), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #FAF0E6: 18.7:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.1:1 for white. The name "Linen" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Linen color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Linen color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Linen color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Linen color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Linen color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Linen color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Linen color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Linen
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#FBEEE8
#F8F3E8
#F9F4E7
#F5F1E7
#F6F3E9
#FDF5E6
#F6EEE2
#F4F1E6
#F7F4EA
#F5EFEB
#F3EFE3
#FFEFEC
Linen color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#FAF0E6
- RGB250, 240, 230
- CMYK0, 4, 8, 2
- CSSrgb(250, 240, 230)
- HSL30°, 67%, 94%
- HSL Precise30°, 66.667%, 94.118%
- HSV30°, 8%, 98%
- HSB30°, 8%, 98%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.980
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.941
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.902
- GLSLvec3(0.980, 0.941, 0.902)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.980, 0.941, 0.902, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.980, 0.941, 0.902)
- Percentage of Red in RGB98%
- Percentage of Green in RGB94.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB90.2%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLuminous
- HEX IDFAF0E6
- DECIMAL ID16445670
- Name Length5
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- Counting from2025-01-01
