#ABCDB4 is a muted, temperate teal-green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, 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 #ABCDB4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #ABCDB4 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
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 holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown 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.
How #ABCDB4 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 #ABCDB4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #ABCDB4;
--color-base-rgb: 171 205 180;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(81.6% 0.050 153.3);
--color-50: #F5F9F6;
--color-100: #E5F0E8;
--color-200: #CCE0D1;
--color-300: #A7C8B0;
--color-400: #84AE8F;
--color-500: #649070;
--color-600: #51705A;
--color-700: #3D5143;
--color-800: #2A362E;
--color-900: #1B221D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
soft-sage: {
50: '#F5F9F6',
100: '#E5F0E8',
200: '#CCE0D1',
300: '#A7C8B0',
400: '#84AE8F',
500: '#649070',
600: '#51705A',
700: '#3D5143',
800: '#2A362E',
900: '#1B221D',
},
}
$base: #ABCDB4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5F9F6; $base-100: #E5F0E8; $base-200: #CCE0D1; $base-300: #A7C8B0; $base-400: #84AE8F; $base-500: #649070; $base-600: #51705A; $base-700: #3D5143; $base-800: #2A362E; $base-900: #1B221D; $base-hover: #7DB18B; $base-subtle: #E7EFE9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#ABCDB4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5F9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F0E8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CCE0D1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A7C8B0",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#84AE8F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#649070",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#51705A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3D5143",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A362E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B221D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}