#F7F5F0 is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. 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 #F7F5F0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F7F5F0 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
White Smoke 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.
White Smoke opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
White Smoke is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of White Smoke.
White Smoke keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
White Smoke 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 White Smoke carrying the quiet middle.
How #F7F5F0 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 #F7F5F0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F7F5F0;
--color-base-rgb: 247 245 240;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.0% 0.007 88.6);
--color-50: #FAF8F5;
--color-100: #F1EDE4;
--color-200: #E2DBCA;
--color-300: #CBC0A4;
--color-400: #B2A480;
--color-500: #958660;
--color-600: #74694E;
--color-700: #544D3B;
--color-800: #383429;
--color-900: #23201B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
white-smoke: {
50: '#FAF8F5',
100: '#F1EDE4',
200: '#E2DBCA',
300: '#CBC0A4',
400: '#B2A480',
500: '#958660',
600: '#74694E',
700: '#544D3B',
800: '#383429',
900: '#23201B',
},
}
$base: #F7F5F0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FAF8F5; $base-100: #F1EDE4; $base-200: #E2DBCA; $base-300: #CBC0A4; $base-400: #B2A480; $base-500: #958660; $base-600: #74694E; $base-700: #544D3B; $base-800: #383429; $base-900: #23201B; $base-hover: #D4CAAF; $base-subtle: #FCFCFA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F7F5F0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAF8F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F1EDE4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E2DBCA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CBC0A4",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B2A480",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#958660",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#74694E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#544D3B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#383429",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#23201B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}