#FBF3F4 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 #FBF3F4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FBF3F4 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 sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
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 #FBF3F4 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 #FBF3F4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FBF3F4;
--color-base-rgb: 251 243 244;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.1% 0.009 8.5);
--color-50: #FCF3F4;
--color-100: #F5E0E2;
--color-200: #EBC2C7;
--color-300: #D8979F;
--color-400: #C27079;
--color-500: #A64E59;
--color-600: #804249;
--color-700: #5C3338;
--color-800: #3C2427;
--color-900: #251819;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
white-smoke: {
50: '#FCF3F4',
100: '#F5E0E2',
200: '#EBC2C7',
300: '#D8979F',
400: '#C27079',
500: '#A64E59',
600: '#804249',
700: '#5C3338',
800: '#3C2427',
900: '#251819',
},
}
$base: #FBF3F4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF3F4; $base-100: #F5E0E2; $base-200: #EBC2C7; $base-300: #D8979F; $base-400: #C27079; $base-500: #A64E59; $base-600: #804249; $base-700: #5C3338; $base-800: #3C2427; $base-900: #251819; $base-hover: #E2A9B0; $base-subtle: #FEFCFC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FBF3F4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF3F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5E0E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EBC2C7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D8979F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C27079",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A64E59",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#804249",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5C3338",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C2427",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#251819",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}