#ADCFBF 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 #ADCFBF works with other colors. Named schemes with #ADCFBF 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 opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
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 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 #ADCFBF 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 #ADCFBF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #ADCFBF;
--color-base-rgb: 173 207 191;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(82.5% 0.043 165.2);
--color-50: #F5FAF7;
--color-100: #E5F0EB;
--color-200: #CCE1D7;
--color-300: #A7C8B9;
--color-400: #83AF9A;
--color-500: #64917C;
--color-600: #517162;
--color-700: #3D5248;
--color-800: #2A3731;
--color-900: #1B221F;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
soft-sage: {
50: '#F5FAF7',
100: '#E5F0EB',
200: '#CCE1D7',
300: '#A7C8B9',
400: '#83AF9A',
500: '#64917C',
600: '#517162',
700: '#3D5248',
800: '#2A3731',
900: '#1B221F',
},
}
$base: #ADCFBF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FAF7; $base-100: #E5F0EB; $base-200: #CCE1D7; $base-300: #A7C8B9; $base-400: #83AF9A; $base-500: #64917C; $base-600: #517162; $base-700: #3D5248; $base-800: #2A3731; $base-900: #1B221F; $base-hover: #7EB49B; $base-subtle: #E8F0EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#ADCFBF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F0EB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CCE1D7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A7C8B9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#83AF9A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#64917C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#517162",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3D5248",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A3731",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B221F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}