#F0FCFF is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, 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 #F0FCFF works with other colors. Named schemes with #F0FCFF in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Alice Blue 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.
Alice Blue opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Alice Blue is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Alice Blue.
Alice Blue keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Alice Blue 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 Alice Blue carrying the quiet middle.
How #F0FCFF 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 #F0FCFF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F0FCFF;
--color-base-rgb: 240 252 255;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(98.3% 0.013 214.4);
--color-50: #F0FCFE;
--color-100: #D8F6FD;
--color-200: #B1EDFC;
--color-300: #77DEF8;
--color-400: #46CBEC;
--color-500: #22AFD2;
--color-600: #23869F;
--color-700: #1F6070;
--color-800: #183F48;
--color-900: #11272C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
alice-blue: {
50: '#F0FCFE',
100: '#D8F6FD',
200: '#B1EDFC',
300: '#77DEF8',
400: '#46CBEC',
500: '#22AFD2',
600: '#23869F',
700: '#1F6070',
800: '#183F48',
900: '#11272C',
},
}
$base: #F0FCFF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0FCFE; $base-100: #D8F6FD; $base-200: #B1EDFC; $base-300: #77DEF8; $base-400: #46CBEC; $base-500: #22AFD2; $base-600: #23869F; $base-700: #1F6070; $base-800: #183F48; $base-900: #11272C; $base-hover: #8DE8FF; $base-subtle: #FBFEFE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F0FCFF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FCFE",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8F6FD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B1EDFC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#77DEF8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#46CBEC",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#22AFD2",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#23869F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#1F6070",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#183F48",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#11272C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}