#EAD4DD is a pale, temperate off-white. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, 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 #EAD4DD works with other colors. Named schemes with #EAD4DD in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Gainsboro 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.
Gainsboro opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Gainsboro keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Gainsboro 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 Gainsboro carrying the quiet middle.
Gainsboro sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
How #EAD4DD 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 #EAD4DD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EAD4DD;
--color-base-rgb: 234 212 221;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.1% 0.027 350.9);
--color-50: #FAF4F7;
--color-100: #F2E3E9;
--color-200: #E4C8D4;
--color-300: #CEA2B4;
--color-400: #B57D94;
--color-500: #985C75;
--color-600: #764C5D;
--color-700: #553A45;
--color-800: #39282F;
--color-900: #231A1E;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
gainsboro: {
50: '#FAF4F7',
100: '#F2E3E9',
200: '#E4C8D4',
300: '#CEA2B4',
400: '#B57D94',
500: '#985C75',
600: '#764C5D',
700: '#553A45',
800: '#39282F',
900: '#231A1E',
},
}
$base: #EAD4DD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FAF4F7; $base-100: #F2E3E9; $base-200: #E4C8D4; $base-300: #CEA2B4; $base-400: #B57D94; $base-500: #985C75; $base-600: #764C5D; $base-700: #553A45; $base-800: #39282F; $base-900: #231A1E; $base-hover: #CC97AD; $base-subtle: #F8F2F5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EAD4DD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF4F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F2E3E9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E4C8D4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CEA2B4",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B57D94",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#985C75",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#764C5D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#553A45",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#39282F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#231A1E",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}