Just to prove my point, here is a slightly modified dark version.
Source Atle Mo
This reminds me of Game Cube. A nice light 3D cube pattern.
Source Sander Ottens
Derived from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by nutkitten
Source Firkin
A seamless pattern formed from a square tile. The tile can be retrieved by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift-alt-i.
Source Firkin
Seamless , tileable CC-0 texture. Created by my own, feel free to use wherever you want!
Source Linolafett
Embossed lines and squares with subtle highlights.
Source Alex Parker
A seamless light gray paper texture with horizontal double lines.
Source V. Hartikainen
Used correctly, this could be nice. Used in a bad way, all hell will break loose.
Source Atle Mo
A seamless texture traced from an image on opengameart.org shared by Scouser.
Source Firkin
Might not be super subtle, but quite original in its form.
Source Alex Smith
Background Wall, Art Abstract, Block Well & CC0 texture.
Source Ractapopulous
As the original image 's page size is too large for its image size, I remixed it.
Source Yamachem
A grid of squares with green colours. Since the colours are randomly distributed it is automatically seamless.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a PNG that was uploaded to Pixabay by gingertea
Source Firkin
Psychedelic Geometric Background No Black
Source GDJ
From a tile that can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a drawing in 'Art Embroidery', M.S. Lockwood and E. Glaister, 1878.
Source Firkin
A free seamless background image with a texture of dark red "canvas". It should look very nice on web sites.
Source V. Hartikainen
Remixed from a design seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
A seamless texture of worn out "cardboard".
Source V. Hartikainen
Retro Circles Background 8 No Black
Source GDJ