#EBF8EF 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 #EBF8EF works with other colors. Named schemes with #EBF8EF in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
White Smoke 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.
White Smoke opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
White Smoke leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
White Smoke is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of White Smoke.
White Smoke 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 White Smoke carrying the quiet middle.
How #EBF8EF 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 #EBF8EF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EBF8EF;
--color-base-rgb: 235 248 239;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.7% 0.018 155.8);
--color-50: #F3FBF6;
--color-100: #E0F5E6;
--color-200: #C3EACE;
--color-300: #99D7AB;
--color-400: #71C189;
--color-500: #50A569;
--color-600: #437F55;
--color-700: #345B40;
--color-800: #253C2C;
--color-900: #18251C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
white-smoke: {
50: '#F3FBF6',
100: '#E0F5E6',
200: '#C3EACE',
300: '#99D7AB',
400: '#71C189',
500: '#50A569',
600: '#437F55',
700: '#345B40',
800: '#253C2C',
900: '#18251C',
},
}
$base: #EBF8EF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F3FBF6; $base-100: #E0F5E6; $base-200: #C3EACE; $base-300: #99D7AB; $base-400: #71C189; $base-500: #50A569; $base-600: #437F55; $base-700: #345B40; $base-800: #253C2C; $base-900: #18251C; $base-hover: #A4DFB6; $base-subtle: #FAFDFB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EBF8EF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FBF6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E0F5E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C3EACE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#99D7AB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#71C189",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#50A569",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#437F55",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#345B40",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#253C2C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#18251C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}