#F3F7E5 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 #F3F7E5 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F3F7E5 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 #F3F7E5 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 #F3F7E5 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F3F7E5;
--color-base-rgb: 243 247 229;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.8% 0.024 117.0);
--color-50: #FAFCF3;
--color-100: #F1F6DF;
--color-200: #E2ECC1;
--color-300: #CBDA95;
--color-400: #B2C56D;
--color-500: #95A94C;
--color-600: #748240;
--color-700: #545D32;
--color-800: #383D24;
--color-900: #232617;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
beige: {
50: '#FAFCF3',
100: '#F1F6DF',
200: '#E2ECC1',
300: '#CBDA95',
400: '#B2C56D',
500: '#95A94C',
600: '#748240',
700: '#545D32',
800: '#383D24',
900: '#232617',
},
}
$base: #F3F7E5; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FAFCF3; $base-100: #F1F6DF; $base-200: #E2ECC1; $base-300: #CBDA95; $base-400: #B2C56D; $base-500: #95A94C; $base-600: #748240; $base-700: #545D32; $base-800: #383D24; $base-900: #232617; $base-hover: #D1E09B; $base-subtle: #FBFCF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F3F7E5",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F1F6DF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E2ECC1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CBDA95",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B2C56D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#95A94C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#748240",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#545D32",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#383D24",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#232617",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}