#E5EFDA 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 #E5EFDA works with other colors. Named schemes with #E5EFDA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Eggshell 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.
Eggshell opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Eggshell leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Eggshell keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Eggshell 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 Eggshell carrying the quiet middle.
How #E5EFDA 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 #E5EFDA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E5EFDA;
--color-base-rgb: 229 239 218;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.9% 0.030 127.9);
--color-50: #F7FBF4;
--color-100: #EBF3E2;
--color-200: #D7E6C6;
--color-300: #B8D19E;
--color-400: #9ABA78;
--color-500: #7C9E57;
--color-600: #627A48;
--color-700: #485837;
--color-800: #313A27;
--color-900: #1F2419;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
eggshell: {
50: '#F7FBF4',
100: '#EBF3E2',
200: '#D7E6C6',
300: '#B8D19E',
400: '#9ABA78',
500: '#7C9E57',
600: '#627A48',
700: '#485837',
800: '#313A27',
900: '#1F2419',
},
}
$base: #E5EFDA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F7FBF4; $base-100: #EBF3E2; $base-200: #D7E6C6; $base-300: #B8D19E; $base-400: #9ABA78; $base-500: #7C9E57; $base-600: #627A48; $base-700: #485837; $base-800: #313A27; $base-900: #1F2419; $base-hover: #B9D49B; $base-subtle: #F7FAF5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E5EFDA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EBF3E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D7E6C6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B8D19E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9ABA78",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7C9E57",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#627A48",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#485837",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#313A27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F2419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}