#EBF4FD is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. 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 #EBF4FD works with other colors. Named schemes with #EBF4FD 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 is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Cool White.
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 #EBF4FD 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 #EBF4FD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EBF4FD;
--color-base-rgb: 235 244 253;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.3% 0.015 248.0);
--color-50: #F0F7FE;
--color-100: #D9EBFC;
--color-200: #B5D6F8;
--color-300: #83B8ED;
--color-400: #5599DD;
--color-500: #327AC3;
--color-600: #2E6194;
--color-700: #264769;
--color-800: #1D3044;
--color-900: #141F2A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cool-white: {
50: '#F0F7FE',
100: '#D9EBFC',
200: '#B5D6F8',
300: '#83B8ED',
400: '#5599DD',
500: '#327AC3',
600: '#2E6194',
700: '#264769',
800: '#1D3044',
900: '#141F2A',
},
}
$base: #EBF4FD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0F7FE; $base-100: #D9EBFC; $base-200: #B5D6F8; $base-300: #83B8ED; $base-400: #5599DD; $base-500: #327AC3; $base-600: #2E6194; $base-700: #264769; $base-800: #1D3044; $base-900: #141F2A; $base-hover: #93C4F4; $base-subtle: #FAFCFE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EBF4FD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0F7FE",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D9EBFC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B5D6F8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#83B8ED",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#5599DD",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#327AC3",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#2E6194",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#264769",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1D3044",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#141F2A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}