#F3EAD9 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 #F3EAD9 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F3EAD9 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Eggshell 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.
This palette keeps Eggshell as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Eggshell anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Eggshell opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Eggshell 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 Eggshell carrying the quiet middle.
How #F3EAD9 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 #F3EAD9 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F3EAD9;
--color-base-rgb: 243 234 217;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.0% 0.025 83.4);
--color-50: #FCF9F3;
--color-100: #F6EEDF;
--color-200: #EBDDC1;
--color-300: #D9C296;
--color-400: #C4A66E;
--color-500: #A8884D;
--color-600: #816B41;
--color-700: #5C4E32;
--color-800: #3D3424;
--color-900: #262118;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
eggshell: {
50: '#FCF9F3',
100: '#F6EEDF',
200: '#EBDDC1',
300: '#D9C296',
400: '#C4A66E',
500: '#A8884D',
600: '#816B41',
700: '#5C4E32',
800: '#3D3424',
900: '#262118',
},
}
$base: #F3EAD9; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF9F3; $base-100: #F6EEDF; $base-200: #EBDDC1; $base-300: #D9C296; $base-400: #C4A66E; $base-500: #A8884D; $base-600: #816B41; $base-700: #5C4E32; $base-800: #3D3424; $base-900: #262118; $base-hover: #DDC392; $base-subtle: #FAF8F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F3EAD9",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF9F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6EEDF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EBDDC1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D9C296",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C4A66E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A8884D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#816B41",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5C4E32",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3D3424",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#262118",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}