#FAFDFA 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 #FAFDFA works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAFDFA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Mint Cream 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.
Mint Cream opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Mint Cream leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Mint Cream is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Mint Cream.
Mint Cream 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 Mint Cream carrying the quiet middle.
How #FAFDFA 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 #FAFDFA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAFDFA;
--color-base-rgb: 250 253 250;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(99.1% 0.005 145.5);
--color-50: #F4FBF4;
--color-100: #E1F4E1;
--color-200: #C5E8C5;
--color-300: #9CD39C;
--color-400: #75BD75;
--color-500: #55A055;
--color-600: #467C46;
--color-700: #365936;
--color-800: #263B26;
--color-900: #192419;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
mint-cream: {
50: '#F4FBF4',
100: '#E1F4E1',
200: '#C5E8C5',
300: '#9CD39C',
400: '#75BD75',
500: '#55A055',
600: '#467C46',
700: '#365936',
800: '#263B26',
900: '#192419',
},
}
$base: #FAFDFA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FBF4; $base-100: #E1F4E1; $base-200: #C5E8C5; $base-300: #9CD39C; $base-400: #75BD75; $base-500: #55A055; $base-600: #467C46; $base-700: #365936; $base-800: #263B26; $base-900: #192419; $base-hover: #B3E1B3; $base-subtle: #FEFEFE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAFDFA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E1F4E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C5E8C5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#9CD39C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#75BD75",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#55A055",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#467C46",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#365936",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#263B26",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#192419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}