#D2D3BF is a pale, temperate off-white. On the Color Lab it reads restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #D2D3BF works with other colors. Named schemes with #D2D3BF in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Pastel Gray sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Pastel Gray opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Pastel Gray leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Pastel Gray keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Pastel Gray is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Pastel Gray carrying the quiet middle.
How #D2D3BF actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #D2D3BF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D2D3BF;
--color-base-rgb: 210 211 191;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(86.1% 0.027 109.3);
--color-50: #F9F9F6;
--color-100: #EEEFE7;
--color-200: #DDDECE;
--color-300: #C3C4AB;
--color-400: #A7A989;
--color-500: #898B6A;
--color-600: #6C6D55;
--color-700: #4E4F40;
--color-800: #35352C;
--color-900: #21211C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pastel-gray: {
50: '#F9F9F6',
100: '#EEEFE7',
200: '#DDDECE',
300: '#C3C4AB',
400: '#A7A989',
500: '#898B6A',
600: '#6C6D55',
700: '#4E4F40',
800: '#35352C',
900: '#21211C',
},
}
$base: #D2D3BF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9F9F6; $base-100: #EEEFE7; $base-200: #DDDECE; $base-300: #C3C4AB; $base-400: #A7A989; $base-500: #898B6A; $base-600: #6C6D55; $base-700: #4E4F40; $base-800: #35352C; $base-900: #21211C; $base-hover: #B1B38F; $base-subtle: #F1F1ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D2D3BF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEEFE7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DDDECE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C3C4AB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A7A989",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#898B6A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6C6D55",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4E4F40",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#35352C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#21211C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}