#FEFEFD 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 #FEFEFD works with other colors. Named schemes with #FEFEFD in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
White 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 opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
White leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
White 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.
White 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 carrying the quiet middle.
How #FEFEFD 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 #FEFEFD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FEFEFD;
--color-base-rgb: 254 254 253;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(99.7% 0.001 106.4);
--color-50: #FAFAF5;
--color-100: #F2F2E3;
--color-200: #E4E4C9;
--color-300: #CDCDA2;
--color-400: #B4B47E;
--color-500: #97975D;
--color-600: #75754C;
--color-700: #55553A;
--color-800: #383829;
--color-900: #23231A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
white: {
50: '#FAFAF5',
100: '#F2F2E3',
200: '#E4E4C9',
300: '#CDCDA2',
400: '#B4B47E',
500: '#97975D',
600: '#75754C',
700: '#55553A',
800: '#383829',
900: '#23231A',
},
}
$base: #FEFEFD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FAFAF5; $base-100: #F2F2E3; $base-200: #E4E4C9; $base-300: #CDCDA2; $base-400: #B4B47E; $base-500: #97975D; $base-600: #75754C; $base-700: #55553A; $base-800: #383829; $base-900: #23231A; $base-hover: #DBDBB8; $base-subtle: #FEFEFE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FEFEFD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FAFAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F2F2E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E4E4C9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#CDCDA2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#B4B47E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#97975D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#75754C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#55553A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#383829",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#23231A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}