#F2F6F4 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 #F2F6F4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F2F6F4 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 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 keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
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 #F2F6F4 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 #F2F6F4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F2F6F4;
--color-base-rgb: 242 246 244;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.0% 0.005 165.0);
--color-50: #F6F9F7;
--color-100: #E7EEEB;
--color-200: #CFDED6;
--color-300: #ACC3B8;
--color-400: #8AA899;
--color-500: #6B8A7A;
--color-600: #566C61;
--color-700: #404F47;
--color-800: #2C3530;
--color-900: #1C211F;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
white-smoke: {
50: '#F6F9F7',
100: '#E7EEEB',
200: '#CFDED6',
300: '#ACC3B8',
400: '#8AA899',
500: '#6B8A7A',
600: '#566C61',
700: '#404F47',
800: '#2C3530',
900: '#1C211F',
},
}
$base: #F2F6F4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6F9F7; $base-100: #E7EEEB; $base-200: #CFDED6; $base-300: #ACC3B8; $base-400: #8AA899; $base-500: #6B8A7A; $base-600: #566C61; $base-700: #404F47; $base-800: #2C3530; $base-900: #1C211F; $base-hover: #B9CEC4; $base-subtle: #FCFCFC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F2F6F4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6F9F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E7EEEB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CFDED6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#ACC3B8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8AA899",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#6B8A7A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#566C61",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#404F47",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2C3530",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1C211F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}