#F0F7ED 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 #F0F7ED works with other colors. Named schemes with #F0F7ED 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 #F0F7ED 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 #F0F7ED at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F0F7ED;
--color-base-rgb: 240 247 237;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.8% 0.015 136.1);
--color-50: #F6FBF4;
--color-100: #E7F3E2;
--color-200: #D0E6C7;
--color-300: #AED09F;
--color-400: #8CB87A;
--color-500: #6D9C59;
--color-600: #577949;
--color-700: #415738;
--color-800: #2D3A27;
--color-900: #1D2419;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
white-smoke: {
50: '#F6FBF4',
100: '#E7F3E2',
200: '#D0E6C7',
300: '#AED09F',
400: '#8CB87A',
500: '#6D9C59',
600: '#577949',
700: '#415738',
800: '#2D3A27',
900: '#1D2419',
},
}
$base: #F0F7ED; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6FBF4; $base-100: #E7F3E2; $base-200: #D0E6C7; $base-300: #AED09F; $base-400: #8CB87A; $base-500: #6D9C59; $base-600: #577949; $base-700: #415738; $base-800: #2D3A27; $base-900: #1D2419; $base-hover: #B8D9AB; $base-subtle: #FBFCFA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F0F7ED",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E7F3E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D0E6C7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#AED09F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8CB87A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#6D9C59",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#577949",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#415738",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2D3A27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D2419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}