#A7CCBC is a muted, temperate teal. 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 #A7CCBC works with other colors. Named schemes with #A7CCBC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Soft Sage keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Soft Sage 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.
Soft Sage opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Soft Sage 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 Soft Sage carrying the quiet middle.
Soft Sage is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Soft Sage.
How #A7CCBC 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 #A7CCBC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #A7CCBC;
--color-base-rgb: 167 204 188;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(81.4% 0.045 167.1);
--color-50: #F5FAF8;
--color-100: #E5F0EB;
--color-200: #CBE1D8;
--color-300: #A6C9BA;
--color-400: #83AF9C;
--color-500: #63927E;
--color-600: #507263;
--color-700: #3D5249;
--color-800: #2A3731;
--color-900: #1B221F;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
soft-sage: {
50: '#F5FAF8',
100: '#E5F0EB',
200: '#CBE1D8',
300: '#A6C9BA',
400: '#83AF9C',
500: '#63927E',
600: '#507263',
700: '#3D5249',
800: '#2A3731',
900: '#1B221F',
},
}
$base: #A7CCBC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FAF8; $base-100: #E5F0EB; $base-200: #CBE1D8; $base-300: #A6C9BA; $base-400: #83AF9C; $base-500: #63927E; $base-600: #507263; $base-700: #3D5249; $base-800: #2A3731; $base-900: #1B221F; $base-hover: #78B299; $base-subtle: #E6EFEB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#A7CCBC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F0EB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CBE1D8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A6C9BA",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#83AF9C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#63927E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#507263",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3D5249",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A3731",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B221F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}