#D2D4BF 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 #D2D4BF works with other colors. Named schemes with #D2D4BF 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 #D2D4BF 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 #D2D4BF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D2D4BF;
--color-base-rgb: 210 212 191;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(86.3% 0.028 111.4);
--color-50: #F9F9F6;
--color-100: #EEEFE6;
--color-200: #DDDECE;
--color-300: #C2C5AB;
--color-400: #A6AA88;
--color-500: #888C69;
--color-600: #6B6D54;
--color-700: #4E4F3F;
--color-800: #34352C;
--color-900: #21211C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pastel-gray: {
50: '#F9F9F6',
100: '#EEEFE6',
200: '#DDDECE',
300: '#C2C5AB',
400: '#A6AA88',
500: '#888C69',
600: '#6B6D54',
700: '#4E4F3F',
800: '#34352C',
900: '#21211C',
},
}
$base: #D2D4BF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9F9F6; $base-100: #EEEFE6; $base-200: #DDDECE; $base-300: #C2C5AB; $base-400: #A6AA88; $base-500: #888C69; $base-600: #6B6D54; $base-700: #4E4F3F; $base-800: #34352C; $base-900: #21211C; $base-hover: #B0B48E; $base-subtle: #F1F1EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D2D4BF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEEFE6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DDDECE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C2C5AB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A6AA88",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#888C69",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6B6D54",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4E4F3F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#34352C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#21211C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}