#E6F6EB 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 #E6F6EB works with other colors. Named schemes with #E6F6EB 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 #E6F6EB 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 #E6F6EB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E6F6EB;
--color-base-rgb: 230 246 235;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.8% 0.022 155.9);
--color-50: #F3FBF6;
--color-100: #E0F5E7;
--color-200: #C3E9CF;
--color-300: #99D6AC;
--color-400: #72C08B;
--color-500: #51A46B;
--color-600: #447E56;
--color-700: #345A40;
--color-800: #253C2C;
--color-900: #18251C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cool-white: {
50: '#F3FBF6',
100: '#E0F5E7',
200: '#C3E9CF',
300: '#99D6AC',
400: '#72C08B',
500: '#51A46B',
600: '#447E56',
700: '#345A40',
800: '#253C2C',
900: '#18251C',
},
}
$base: #E6F6EB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F3FBF6; $base-100: #E0F5E7; $base-200: #C3E9CF; $base-300: #99D6AC; $base-400: #72C08B; $base-500: #51A46B; $base-600: #447E56; $base-700: #345A40; $base-800: #253C2C; $base-900: #18251C; $base-hover: #9FDCB2; $base-subtle: #F8FCF9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E6F6EB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FBF6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E0F5E7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C3E9CF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#99D6AC",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#72C08B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#51A46B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#447E56",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#345A40",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#253C2C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#18251C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}