#F5F0F9 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 #F5F0F9 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F5F0F9 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 #F5F0F9 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 #F5F0F9 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F5F0F9;
--color-base-rgb: 245 240 249;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.2% 0.013 310.5);
--color-50: #F8F4FB;
--color-100: #ECE1F4;
--color-200: #D8C5E8;
--color-300: #BA9CD3;
--color-400: #9D75BD;
--color-500: #7E55A0;
--color-600: #64467C;
--color-700: #493659;
--color-800: #31263B;
--color-900: #1F1924;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cool-white: {
50: '#F8F4FB',
100: '#ECE1F4',
200: '#D8C5E8',
300: '#BA9CD3',
400: '#9D75BD',
500: '#7E55A0',
600: '#64467C',
700: '#493659',
800: '#31263B',
900: '#1F1924',
},
}
$base: #F5F0F9; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8F4FB; $base-100: #ECE1F4; $base-200: #D8C5E8; $base-300: #BA9CD3; $base-400: #9D75BD; $base-500: #7E55A0; $base-600: #64467C; $base-700: #493659; $base-800: #31263B; $base-900: #1F1924; $base-hover: #C6AADD; $base-subtle: #FCFBFD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F5F0F9",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8F4FB",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECE1F4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D8C5E8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BA9CD3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9D75BD",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7E55A0",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#64467C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#493659",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#31263B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F1924",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}