#FBFFED is a pale, temperate off-white. 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 #FBFFED works with other colors. Named schemes with #FBFFED in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Ivory 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.
Ivory opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Ivory leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Ivory keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Ivory 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 Ivory carrying the quiet middle.
How #FBFFED 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 #FBFFED at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FBFFED;
--color-base-rgb: 251 255 237;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(99.2% 0.024 117.0);
--color-50: #FBFEF0;
--color-100: #F5FDD8;
--color-200: #EBFCB1;
--color-300: #DCF877;
--color-400: #C8EC46;
--color-500: #ACD222;
--color-600: #849F23;
--color-700: #5E701F;
--color-800: #3E4818;
--color-900: #262C11;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ivory: {
50: '#FBFEF0',
100: '#F5FDD8',
200: '#EBFCB1',
300: '#DCF877',
400: '#C8EC46',
500: '#ACD222',
600: '#849F23',
700: '#5E701F',
800: '#3E4818',
900: '#262C11',
},
}
$base: #FBFFED; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBFEF0; $base-100: #F5FDD8; $base-200: #EBFCB1; $base-300: #DCF877; $base-400: #C8EC46; $base-500: #ACD222; $base-600: #849F23; $base-700: #5E701F; $base-800: #3E4818; $base-900: #262C11; $base-hover: #E5FF89; $base-subtle: #FDFEFA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FBFFED",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBFEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5FDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EBFCB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DCF877",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C8EC46",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#ACD222",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#849F23",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5E701F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E4818",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#262C11",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}