#F3DDE2 is a pale, temperate off-white. 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 #F3DDE2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F3DDE2 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Platinum 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.
Platinum opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Platinum keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Platinum 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 Platinum carrying the quiet middle.
Platinum sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
How #F3DDE2 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 #F3DDE2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F3DDE2;
--color-base-rgb: 243 221 226;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(91.7% 0.025 2.1);
--color-50: #FBF3F5;
--color-100: #F5E0E5;
--color-200: #EAC3CC;
--color-300: #D799A7;
--color-400: #C17184;
--color-500: #A55064;
--color-600: #7F4351;
--color-700: #5B343D;
--color-800: #3C252A;
--color-900: #25181B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
platinum: {
50: '#FBF3F5',
100: '#F5E0E5',
200: '#EAC3CC',
300: '#D799A7',
400: '#C17184',
500: '#A55064',
600: '#7F4351',
700: '#5B343D',
800: '#3C252A',
900: '#25181B',
},
}
$base: #F3DDE2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF3F5; $base-100: #F5E0E5; $base-200: #EAC3CC; $base-300: #D799A7; $base-400: #C17184; $base-500: #A55064; $base-600: #7F4351; $base-700: #5B343D; $base-800: #3C252A; $base-900: #25181B; $base-hover: #DB98A8; $base-subtle: #FBF6F7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F3DDE2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF3F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5E0E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EAC3CC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D799A7",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C17184",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A55064",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7F4351",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5B343D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C252A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#25181B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}