#E0F5E8 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 #E0F5E8 works with other colors. Named schemes with #E0F5E8 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cool White 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.
Cool White opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cool White leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Cool White keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Cool White 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 Cool White carrying the quiet middle.
How #E0F5E8 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 #E0F5E8 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E0F5E8;
--color-base-rgb: 224 245 232;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.1% 0.028 158.7);
--color-50: #F3FCF6;
--color-100: #E0F6E8;
--color-200: #C1EBD1;
--color-300: #97D9B0;
--color-400: #6FC38F;
--color-500: #4EA770;
--color-600: #418159;
--color-700: #335C43;
--color-800: #243D2E;
--color-900: #18261D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cool-white: {
50: '#F3FCF6',
100: '#E0F6E8',
200: '#C1EBD1',
300: '#97D9B0',
400: '#6FC38F',
500: '#4EA770',
600: '#418159',
700: '#335C43',
800: '#243D2E',
900: '#18261D',
},
}
$base: #E0F5E8; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F3FCF6; $base-100: #E0F6E8; $base-200: #C1EBD1; $base-300: #97D9B0; $base-400: #6FC38F; $base-500: #4EA770; $base-600: #418159; $base-700: #335C43; $base-800: #243D2E; $base-900: #18261D; $base-hover: #99DEB4; $base-subtle: #F7FBF8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E0F5E8",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FCF6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E0F6E8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C1EBD1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#97D9B0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#6FC38F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#4EA770",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#418159",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#335C43",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#243D2E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#18261D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}