Linen #FAF0E6

About this color

#FAF0E6 is a very light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 96%, its chroma 0.017. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. It is the named color Linen. Black text reads best on it, at 18.67:1.

Colors that go with Linen

Matches found by rotating Linen around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Linen

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Linen, closest first.

• Mocha and Espresso
• Cinnamon and Molasses
• Velvet Gathering
• Fireside Evening
• Fireside Blanket
• Spruce Night
• Brine and Rope
• Taffy Box

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Linen, with their ΔE distance.

• Old Lace #FDF5E6 ΔE 0.014
• Seashell #FFF5EE ΔE 0.016
• Very Light Pink #FFF4F2 ΔE 0.018
• Antique White #FAEBD7 ΔE 0.020
• White Smoke #F5F5F5 ΔE 0.020
• Papaya Whip #FFEFD5 ΔE 0.022
• Lavender Blush #FFF0F5 ΔE 0.022
• Beige #F5F5DC ΔE 0.023

More about Linen

• Shades of white
• What white means

How to make Linen

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts white
• 1 part gray

Recipe result: #EBEBEB, a difference of ΔE 0.026 from Linen. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make gray? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Linen in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Linen

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 50.

1. Step 50

   50 (this color)

   #FAF0E6

   oklch(96% 0.017 67.6)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EDE9E5

   oklch(93.6% 0.007 67.7)

3. Step 200

   200

   #DFD8D1

   oklch(88.6% 0.012 67.7)

4. Step 300

   300

   #CBBEB2

   oklch(80.9% 0.022 65.3)

5. Step 400

   400

   #B09D8A

   oklch(70.7% 0.035 67.2)

6. Step 500

   500

   #9C856D

   oklch(63.1% 0.044 68.1)

7. Step 600

   600

   #876E54

   oklch(55.6% 0.049 67.6)

8. Step 700

   700

   #725C45

   oklch(49.1% 0.045 67.7)

9. Step 800

   800

   #5D4B39

   oklch(42.6% 0.037 66.5)

10. Step 900

    900

    #4C3F31

    oklch(37.7% 0.029 68.8)

11. Step 950

    950

    #2D251D

    oklch(27.1% 0.019 66.9)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Linen with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.