#F5F0F7 is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, 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 #F5F0F7 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F5F0F7 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cool 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.
Cool White opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cool White is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Cool White.
Cool White sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Cool 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 Cool White carrying the quiet middle.
How #F5F0F7 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 #F5F0F7 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F5F0F7;
--color-base-rgb: 245 240 247;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.1% 0.011 316.5);
--color-50: #F8F5FA;
--color-100: #EDE4F1;
--color-200: #DBCAE2;
--color-300: #C0A4CB;
--color-400: #A480B2;
--color-500: #866095;
--color-600: #694E74;
--color-700: #4D3B54;
--color-800: #342938;
--color-900: #201B23;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cool-white: {
50: '#F8F5FA',
100: '#EDE4F1',
200: '#DBCAE2',
300: '#C0A4CB',
400: '#A480B2',
500: '#866095',
600: '#694E74',
700: '#4D3B54',
800: '#342938',
900: '#201B23',
},
}
$base: #F5F0F7; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8F5FA; $base-100: #EDE4F1; $base-200: #DBCAE2; $base-300: #C0A4CB; $base-400: #A480B2; $base-500: #866095; $base-600: #694E74; $base-700: #4D3B54; $base-800: #342938; $base-900: #201B23; $base-hover: #CAAFD4; $base-subtle: #FCFAFC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F5F0F7",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F5FA",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EDE4F1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DBCAE2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C0A4CB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A480B2",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#866095",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#694E74",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4D3B54",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#342938",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#201B23",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}