#F0F3D6 is a pale, temperate off-white. 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 #F0F3D6 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F0F3D6 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 opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Beige leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Beige keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal 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 #F0F3D6 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 #F0F3D6 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F0F3D6;
--color-base-rgb: 240 243 214;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.4% 0.038 111.9);
--color-50: #FBFCF3;
--color-100: #F4F6DF;
--color-200: #E8EDC0;
--color-300: #D4DB94;
--color-400: #BDC76B;
--color-500: #A1AB4A;
--color-600: #7C833F;
--color-700: #595E31;
--color-800: #3B3E23;
--color-900: #252617;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
beige: {
50: '#FBFCF3',
100: '#F4F6DF',
200: '#E8EDC0',
300: '#D4DB94',
400: '#BDC76B',
500: '#A1AB4A',
600: '#7C833F',
700: '#595E31',
800: '#3B3E23',
900: '#252617',
},
}
$base: #F0F3D6; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBFCF3; $base-100: #F4F6DF; $base-200: #E8EDC0; $base-300: #D4DB94; $base-400: #BDC76B; $base-500: #A1AB4A; $base-600: #7C833F; $base-700: #595E31; $base-800: #3B3E23; $base-900: #252617; $base-hover: #D7DF90; $base-subtle: #FAFBF4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F0F3D6",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBFCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4F6DF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E8EDC0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D4DB94",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BDC76B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A1AB4A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7C833F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#595E31",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B3E23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#252617",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}