#BADFC5 is a soft, 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 #BADFC5 works with other colors. Named schemes with #BADFC5 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Seafoam 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.
Seafoam leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Seafoam opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Seafoam holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Seafoam 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 Seafoam carrying the quiet middle.
How #BADFC5 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 #BADFC5 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BADFC5;
--color-base-rgb: 186 223 197;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(87.0% 0.053 154.6);
--color-50: #F4FAF6;
--color-100: #E3F3E7;
--color-200: #C7E5D0;
--color-300: #A0CFAE;
--color-400: #7AB88D;
--color-500: #5A9B6D;
--color-600: #4A7858;
--color-700: #385641;
--color-800: #28392D;
--color-900: #1A241D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
seafoam: {
50: '#F4FAF6',
100: '#E3F3E7',
200: '#C7E5D0',
300: '#A0CFAE',
400: '#7AB88D',
500: '#5A9B6D',
600: '#4A7858',
700: '#385641',
800: '#28392D',
900: '#1A241D',
},
}
$base: #BADFC5; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FAF6; $base-100: #E3F3E7; $base-200: #C7E5D0; $base-300: #A0CFAE; $base-400: #7AB88D; $base-500: #5A9B6D; $base-600: #4A7858; $base-700: #385641; $base-800: #28392D; $base-900: #1A241D; $base-hover: #81C596; $base-subtle: #EBF4EE;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BADFC5",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FAF6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E3F3E7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C7E5D0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A0CFAE",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7AB88D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#5A9B6D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4A7858",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#385641",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#28392D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1A241D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}