Scandinavian Color Palette

Updated April 17, 2026

A calm Scandinavian color palette — whitewash, pale grey, soft wood, and muted teal. Hex codes for Nordic, hygge, and minimal home designs.

The Scandinavian Palette

• Snow #FAFAF9 rgb(250, 250, 249) hsl(60, 9%, 98%)
• Linen #E7E5E4 rgb(231, 229, 228) hsl(20, 6%, 90%)
• Soft Wood #C8BFAD rgb(200, 191, 173) hsl(40, 20%, 73%)
• Fjord Blue #9DB4C0 rgb(157, 180, 192) hsl(201, 22%, 68%)
• Muted Teal #5C6E77 rgb(92, 110, 119) hsl(200, 13%, 41%)
• Forest Pine #2D3A3A rgb(45, 58, 58) hsl(180, 13%, 20%)

Hex Codes at a Glance

#FAFAF9, #E7E5E4, #C8BFAD, #9DB4C0, #5C6E77, #2D3A3A

How to Use This Palette

• In CSS: Paste each hex into your :root custom properties or directly into background-color / color declarations.
• In Figma or Sketch: Copy the hex into any fill or stroke color field. Save each color to your local style library for reuse across frames.
• In Tailwind CSS: Add each hex to your tailwind.config.js file inside theme.extend.colors, then use classes like bg-palette-500.
• In Procreate or Photoshop: Create a new swatch set and paste each hex value. PhotoTones Pro exports ready-to-import .swatches and .ase files.

Build Your Own Palette

This scandinavian palette is one of many themed palettes in the PhotoTones gallery. To build a palette from your own photo, use the free PhotoTones color palette from image generator — it extracts up to 12 hex codes per image in under a second, entirely in your browser. No signup required.