#EBE4DB is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. 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 #EBE4DB works with other colors. Named schemes with #EBE4DB in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Greige 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.
Greige opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Greige is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Greige.
Greige keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Greige 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 Greige carrying the quiet middle.
How #EBE4DB 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 #EBE4DB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EBE4DB;
--color-base-rgb: 235 228 219;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.2% 0.014 74.4);
--color-50: #FAF8F5;
--color-100: #F1EBE4;
--color-200: #E2D8CA;
--color-300: #CABAA5;
--color-400: #B19C81;
--color-500: #947E61;
--color-600: #73634F;
--color-700: #53493C;
--color-800: #373129;
--color-900: #231F1B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
greige: {
50: '#FAF8F5',
100: '#F1EBE4',
200: '#E2D8CA',
300: '#CABAA5',
400: '#B19C81',
500: '#947E61',
600: '#73634F',
700: '#53493C',
800: '#373129',
900: '#231F1B',
},
}
$base: #EBE4DB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FAF8F5; $base-100: #F1EBE4; $base-200: #E2D8CA; $base-300: #CABAA5; $base-400: #B19C81; $base-500: #947E61; $base-600: #73634F; $base-700: #53493C; $base-800: #373129; $base-900: #231F1B; $base-hover: #CBB8A0; $base-subtle: #F8F7F5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EBE4DB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF8F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F1EBE4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E2D8CA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CABAA5",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B19C81",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#947E61",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#73634F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#53493C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#373129",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#231F1B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}