#EDFADD is a pale, temperate off-white. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, 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 #EDFADD works with other colors. Named schemes with #EDFADD in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Beige 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.
Beige leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Beige opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Beige holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Beige 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 Beige carrying the quiet middle.
How #EDFADD 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 #EDFADD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EDFADD;
--color-base-rgb: 237 250 221;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.8% 0.040 126.9);
--color-50: #F8FEF1;
--color-100: #ECFBDB;
--color-200: #D9F4B8;
--color-300: #BCE788;
--color-400: #9FD65C;
--color-500: #81BC39;
--color-600: #668F33;
--color-700: #4A652A;
--color-800: #32421F;
--color-900: #202915;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
beige: {
50: '#F8FEF1',
100: '#ECFBDB',
200: '#D9F4B8',
300: '#BCE788',
400: '#9FD65C',
500: '#81BC39',
600: '#668F33',
700: '#4A652A',
800: '#32421F',
900: '#202915',
},
}
$base: #EDFADD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8FEF1; $base-100: #ECFBDB; $base-200: #D9F4B8; $base-300: #BCE788; $base-400: #9FD65C; $base-500: #81BC39; $base-600: #668F33; $base-700: #4A652A; $base-800: #32421F; $base-900: #202915; $base-hover: #C1ED8A; $base-subtle: #F9FCF5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EDFADD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECFBDB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D9F4B8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BCE788",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9FD65C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#81BC39",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#668F33",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4A652A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#32421F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#202915",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}