#FAF3F0 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 #FAF3F0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAF3F0 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 #FAF3F0 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 #FAF3F0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAF3F0;
--color-base-rgb: 250 243 240;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.9% 0.009 44.9);
--color-50: #FCF6F3;
--color-100: #F5E6E0;
--color-200: #EBCEC2;
--color-300: #D8AB97;
--color-400: #C28870;
--color-500: #A6694E;
--color-600: #805442;
--color-700: #5C3F33;
--color-800: #3C2C24;
--color-900: #251C18;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
white-smoke: {
50: '#FCF6F3',
100: '#F5E6E0',
200: '#EBCEC2',
300: '#D8AB97',
400: '#C28870',
500: '#A6694E',
600: '#805442',
700: '#5C3F33',
800: '#3C2C24',
900: '#251C18',
},
}
$base: #FAF3F0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF6F3; $base-100: #F5E6E0; $base-200: #EBCEC2; $base-300: #D8AB97; $base-400: #C28870; $base-500: #A6694E; $base-600: #805442; $base-700: #5C3F33; $base-800: #3C2C24; $base-900: #251C18; $base-hover: #E1B8A6; $base-subtle: #FDFBFB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAF3F0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF6F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5E6E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EBCEC2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D8AB97",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C28870",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A6694E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#805442",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5C3F33",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C2C24",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#251C18",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}