#F2F4DD 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 #F2F4DD works with other colors. Named schemes with #F2F4DD 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 #F2F4DD 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 #F2F4DD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F2F4DD;
--color-base-rgb: 242 244 221;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.0% 0.030 111.0);
--color-50: #FBFCF3;
--color-100: #F4F6E0;
--color-200: #E7EBC1;
--color-300: #D3D997;
--color-400: #BCC36F;
--color-500: #A0A74E;
--color-600: #7B8141;
--color-700: #595C33;
--color-800: #3B3D24;
--color-900: #242618;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
beige: {
50: '#FBFCF3',
100: '#F4F6E0',
200: '#E7EBC1',
300: '#D3D997',
400: '#BCC36F',
500: '#A0A74E',
600: '#7B8141',
700: '#595C33',
800: '#3B3D24',
900: '#242618',
},
}
$base: #F2F4DD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBFCF3; $base-100: #F4F6E0; $base-200: #E7EBC1; $base-300: #D3D997; $base-400: #BCC36F; $base-500: #A0A74E; $base-600: #7B8141; $base-700: #595C33; $base-800: #3B3D24; $base-900: #242618; $base-hover: #D7DD96; $base-subtle: #FAFBF5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F2F4DD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBFCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F4F6E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E7EBC1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D3D997",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BCC36F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A0A74E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7B8141",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#595C33",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3B3D24",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#242618",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}