#B6DDCF 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 #B6DDCF works with other colors. Named schemes with #B6DDCF in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Powder Blue keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Powder 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.
Powder Blue opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Powder 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 Powder Blue carrying the quiet middle.
Powder 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 Powder Blue.
How #B6DDCF 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 #B6DDCF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #B6DDCF;
--color-base-rgb: 182 221 207;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(86.6% 0.045 171.4);
--color-50: #F4FAF8;
--color-100: #E3F2ED;
--color-200: #C8E5DA;
--color-300: #A0CFBE;
--color-400: #7BB7A1;
--color-500: #5B9A83;
--color-600: #4A7767;
--color-700: #39564B;
--color-800: #283933;
--color-900: #1A2320;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
powder-blue: {
50: '#F4FAF8',
100: '#E3F2ED',
200: '#C8E5DA',
300: '#A0CFBE',
400: '#7BB7A1',
500: '#5B9A83',
600: '#4A7767',
700: '#39564B',
800: '#283933',
900: '#1A2320',
},
}
$base: #B6DDCF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FAF8; $base-100: #E3F2ED; $base-200: #C8E5DA; $base-300: #A0CFBE; $base-400: #7BB7A1; $base-500: #5B9A83; $base-600: #4A7767; $base-700: #39564B; $base-800: #283933; $base-900: #1A2320; $base-hover: #7FC3AA; $base-subtle: #EBF3F0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#B6DDCF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FAF8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E3F2ED",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C8E5DA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A0CFBE",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7BB7A1",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#5B9A83",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4A7767",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#39564B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#283933",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1A2320",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}