#ACD2CD is a muted, temperate cyan. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, 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 #ACD2CD works with other colors. Named schemes with #ACD2CD in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Light Blue keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Light Blue 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.
Light Blue opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Light Blue 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 Light Blue carrying the quiet middle.
Light Blue is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Light Blue.
How #ACD2CD 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 #ACD2CD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #ACD2CD;
--color-base-rgb: 172 210 205;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(83.5% 0.041 186.6);
--color-50: #F5FAF9;
--color-100: #E4F1EF;
--color-200: #CAE2DF;
--color-300: #A4CBC6;
--color-400: #80B2AB;
--color-500: #60958E;
--color-600: #4E746F;
--color-700: #3B5450;
--color-800: #293836;
--color-900: #1B2322;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
light-blue: {
50: '#F5FAF9',
100: '#E4F1EF',
200: '#CAE2DF',
300: '#A4CBC6',
400: '#80B2AB',
500: '#60958E',
600: '#4E746F',
700: '#3B5450',
800: '#293836',
900: '#1B2322',
},
}
$base: #ACD2CD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FAF9; $base-100: #E4F1EF; $base-200: #CAE2DF; $base-300: #A4CBC6; $base-400: #80B2AB; $base-500: #60958E; $base-600: #4E746F; $base-700: #3B5450; $base-800: #293836; $base-900: #1B2322; $base-hover: #7AB8AF; $base-subtle: #E8F0EF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#ACD2CD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E4F1EF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CAE2DF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A4CBC6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#80B2AB",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#60958E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4E746F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3B5450",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#293836",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B2322",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}