#A9FBE0 is a soft, cool teal. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #A9FBE0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #A9FBE0 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Celeste keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Celeste 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.
Celeste opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Celeste holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Celeste 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 Celeste carrying the quiet middle.
How #A9FBE0 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 #A9FBE0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #A9FBE0;
--color-base-rgb: 169 251 224;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.8% 0.088 171.6);
--color-50: #F0FEFA;
--color-100: #D8FDF1;
--color-200: #B1FBE3;
--color-300: #7DF2CB;
--color-400: #4EE4B2;
--color-500: #2ACB95;
--color-600: #289A74;
--color-700: #236C54;
--color-800: #1B4638;
--color-900: #122B23;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
celeste: {
50: '#F0FEFA',
100: '#D8FDF1',
200: '#B1FBE3',
300: '#7DF2CB',
400: '#4EE4B2',
500: '#2ACB95',
600: '#289A74',
700: '#236C54',
800: '#1B4638',
900: '#122B23',
},
}
$base: #A9FBE0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0FEFA; $base-100: #D8FDF1; $base-200: #B1FBE3; $base-300: #7DF2CB; $base-400: #4EE4B2; $base-500: #2ACB95; $base-600: #289A74; $base-700: #236C54; $base-800: #1B4638; $base-900: #122B23; $base-hover: #57F7C2; $base-subtle: #E8FBF4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#A9FBE0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEFA",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDF1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B1FBE3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#7DF2CB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#4EE4B2",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#2ACB95",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#289A74",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#236C54",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1B4638",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#122B23",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}