#97E2C2 is a soft, cool teal. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #97E2C2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #97E2C2 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Seafoam Green keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Seafoam Green 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.
Seafoam Green opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Seafoam Green holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Seafoam Green 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 Seafoam Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #97E2C2 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 #97E2C2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #97E2C2;
--color-base-rgb: 151 226 194;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(85.5% 0.087 165.8);
--color-50: #F3FCF8;
--color-100: #DFF7EC;
--color-200: #BFEDD9;
--color-300: #93DCBC;
--color-400: #6BC79F;
--color-500: #49AC81;
--color-600: #3E8466;
--color-700: #315E4A;
--color-800: #233E32;
--color-900: #172620;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
seafoam-green: {
50: '#F3FCF8',
100: '#DFF7EC',
200: '#BFEDD9',
300: '#93DCBC',
400: '#6BC79F',
500: '#49AC81',
600: '#3E8466',
700: '#315E4A',
800: '#233E32',
900: '#172620',
},
}
$base: #97E2C2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F3FCF8; $base-100: #DFF7EC; $base-200: #BFEDD9; $base-300: #93DCBC; $base-400: #6BC79F; $base-500: #49AC81; $base-600: #3E8466; $base-700: #315E4A; $base-800: #233E32; $base-900: #172620; $base-hover: #5DD19F; $base-subtle: #E3F4EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#97E2C2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FCF8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DFF7EC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BFEDD9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#93DCBC",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#6BC79F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#49AC81",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#3E8466",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#315E4A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#233E32",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#172620",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}