#F5E6D7 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 #F5E6D7 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F5E6D7 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 #F5E6D7 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 #F5E6D7 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F5E6D7;
--color-base-rgb: 245 230 215;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.3% 0.026 67.5);
--color-50: #FCF7F2;
--color-100: #F8EBDE;
--color-200: #EFD6BE;
--color-300: #DEB891;
--color-400: #CB9967;
--color-500: #AF7A46;
--color-600: #86613C;
--color-700: #60472F;
--color-800: #3F3022;
--color-900: #271F16;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
eggshell: {
50: '#FCF7F2',
100: '#F8EBDE',
200: '#EFD6BE',
300: '#DEB891',
400: '#CB9967',
500: '#AF7A46',
600: '#86613C',
700: '#60472F',
800: '#3F3022',
900: '#271F16',
},
}
$base: #F5E6D7; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF7F2; $base-100: #F8EBDE; $base-200: #EFD6BE; $base-300: #DEB891; $base-400: #CB9967; $base-500: #AF7A46; $base-600: #86613C; $base-700: #60472F; $base-800: #3F3022; $base-900: #271F16; $base-hover: #E2B88D; $base-subtle: #FBF7F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F5E6D7",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF7F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8EBDE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EFD6BE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DEB891",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CB9967",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AF7A46",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#86613C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#60472F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3F3022",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#271F16",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}