Linen Press

A warm linen palette: undyed fabric background, ink text, muted teal primary, terracotta accent. For book publishers, journals, and craft editorial.

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A Journal Feel with Linen Press

Linen Press mimics the materials of book publishing: undyed fabric, ink, muted teal, terracotta. The muted teal primary is the most distinctive choice on the page, and it gives the palette an identity that the standard navy or black primaries cannot. Terracotta sits opposite in temperature and handles the moments the teal must not, like errors and sale highlights.

For publishers, journals, and craft editorial sites the palette behaves well because none of its colors are shouting. The paper background and the ink text carry most of the page, and both accent colors are used at nearly equal weight to keep the two-tone identity balanced. Surface cards should add a border, because the paper tones are close in value.

Palette colors

Every color role with HEX, RGB, HSL, and OKLCH values. Click any value to copy.

Background

rgb(242, 235, 220)

hsl(41, 46%, 91%)

oklch(94.1% 0.021 85.9)

Text

rgb(26, 23, 20)

hsl(30, 13%, 9%)

oklch(20.7% 0.008 67.4)

Primary

rgb(62, 123, 123)

hsl(180, 33%, 36%)

oklch(54.2% 0.063 195.4)

Secondary

rgb(184, 169, 137)

hsl(41, 25%, 63%)

oklch(73.9% 0.047 85.8)

Accent

rgb(184, 88, 74)

hsl(8, 44%, 51%)

oklch(57.5% 0.127 30.0)

Surface

rgb(251, 247, 238)

hsl(42, 62%, 96%)

oklch(97.7% 0.013 86.8)

Border

rgb(221, 211, 189)

hsl(41, 32%, 80%)

oklch(86.9% 0.032 86.5)

Muted

rgb(122, 111, 92)

hsl(38, 14%, 42%)

oklch(54.6% 0.032 81.3)

WCAG contrast checks

Three semantic pairs evaluated against WCAG 2.2 AA (4.5:1 for normal text).

Text on background

Ratio 15.04:1

AA pass

Primary on background

Ratio 4.09:1

Below AA

Accent on background

Ratio 3.90:1

Below AA

Export tokens

Six formats covering most design system workflows. Each copies cleanly to your clipboard.

tokens.css

:root {
  --color-background: #F2EBDC;
  --color-foreground: #1A1714;
  --color-primary: #3E7B7B;
  --color-secondary: #B8A989;
  --color-accent: #B8584A;
  --color-surface: #FBF7EE;
  --color-border: #DDD3BD;
  --color-muted: #7A6F5C;
}

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