#F3EFDA 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 #F3EFDA works with other colors. Named schemes with #F3EFDA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Antique White 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 Antique White as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Antique White 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.
Antique White opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Antique White 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 Antique White carrying the quiet middle.
How #F3EFDA 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 #F3EFDA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F3EFDA;
--color-base-rgb: 243 239 218;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.0% 0.028 98.1);
--color-50: #FCFAF3;
--color-100: #F6F2E0;
--color-200: #EBE4C1;
--color-300: #D9CE97;
--color-400: #C3B56F;
--color-500: #A7984E;
--color-600: #817641;
--color-700: #5C5533;
--color-800: #3D3924;
--color-900: #262318;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
antique-white: {
50: '#FCFAF3',
100: '#F6F2E0',
200: '#EBE4C1',
300: '#D9CE97',
400: '#C3B56F',
500: '#A7984E',
600: '#817641',
700: '#5C5533',
800: '#3D3924',
900: '#262318',
},
}
$base: #F3EFDA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCFAF3; $base-100: #F6F2E0; $base-200: #EBE4C1; $base-300: #D9CE97; $base-400: #C3B56F; $base-500: #A7984E; $base-600: #817641; $base-700: #5C5533; $base-800: #3D3924; $base-900: #262318; $base-hover: #DCD093; $base-subtle: #FAF9F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F3EFDA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCFAF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6F2E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EBE4C1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D9CE97",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C3B56F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A7984E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#817641",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5C5533",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3D3924",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#262318",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}