#F5DDD5 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 #F5DDD5 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F5DDD5 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Almond 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 Almond as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Almond 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.
Almond opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Almond 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 Almond carrying the quiet middle.
How #F5DDD5 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 #F5DDD5 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F5DDD5;
--color-base-rgb: 245 221 213;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(91.5% 0.029 39.3);
--color-50: #FDF5F2;
--color-100: #F8E4DD;
--color-200: #EFCABD;
--color-300: #E0A490;
--color-400: #CC7F66;
--color-500: #B15F44;
--color-600: #874E3A;
--color-700: #603B2E;
--color-800: #3F2922;
--color-900: #271A16;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
almond: {
50: '#FDF5F2',
100: '#F8E4DD',
200: '#EFCABD',
300: '#E0A490',
400: '#CC7F66',
500: '#B15F44',
600: '#874E3A',
700: '#603B2E',
800: '#3F2922',
900: '#271A16',
},
}
$base: #F5DDD5; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF5F2; $base-100: #F8E4DD; $base-200: #EFCABD; $base-300: #E0A490; $base-400: #CC7F66; $base-500: #B15F44; $base-600: #874E3A; $base-700: #603B2E; $base-800: #3F2922; $base-900: #271A16; $base-hover: #E4A18B; $base-subtle: #FBF6F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F5DDD5",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF5F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8E4DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFCABD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E0A490",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CC7F66",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B15F44",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#874E3A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#603B2E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F2922",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#271A16",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}