#EDE2D7 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 #EDE2D7 works with other colors. Named schemes with #EDE2D7 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 #EDE2D7 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 #EDE2D7 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EDE2D7;
--color-base-rgb: 237 226 215;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(91.9% 0.019 67.6);
--color-50: #FBF7F4;
--color-100: #F3EBE2;
--color-200: #E6D6C7;
--color-300: #D0B89F;
--color-400: #B8997A;
--color-500: #9C7A59;
--color-600: #796149;
--color-700: #574738;
--color-800: #3A3027;
--color-900: #241F19;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
greige: {
50: '#FBF7F4',
100: '#F3EBE2',
200: '#E6D6C7',
300: '#D0B89F',
400: '#B8997A',
500: '#9C7A59',
600: '#796149',
700: '#574738',
800: '#3A3027',
900: '#241F19',
},
}
$base: #EDE2D7; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF7F4; $base-100: #F3EBE2; $base-200: #E6D6C7; $base-300: #D0B89F; $base-400: #B8997A; $base-500: #9C7A59; $base-600: #796149; $base-700: #574738; $base-800: #3A3027; $base-900: #241F19; $base-hover: #D1B69A; $base-subtle: #F9F7F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EDE2D7",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF7F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F3EBE2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E6D6C7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D0B89F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B8997A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#9C7A59",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#796149",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#574738",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3A3027",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#241F19",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}