#BBDDCC is a pale, temperate off-white. 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 #BBDDCC works with other colors. Named schemes with #BBDDCC 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 opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Seafoam leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Seafoam keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal 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 #BBDDCC 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 #BBDDCC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BBDDCC;
--color-base-rgb: 187 221 204;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(86.8% 0.043 163.8);
--color-50: #F5FAF7;
--color-100: #E3F2EB;
--color-200: #C9E4D6;
--color-300: #A2CDB8;
--color-400: #7EB499;
--color-500: #5D977A;
--color-600: #4C7561;
--color-700: #3A5547;
--color-800: #293830;
--color-900: #1A231F;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
seafoam: {
50: '#F5FAF7',
100: '#E3F2EB',
200: '#C9E4D6',
300: '#A2CDB8',
400: '#7EB499',
500: '#5D977A',
600: '#4C7561',
700: '#3A5547',
800: '#293830',
900: '#1A231F',
},
}
$base: #BBDDCC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FAF7; $base-100: #E3F2EB; $base-200: #C9E4D6; $base-300: #A2CDB8; $base-400: #7EB499; $base-500: #5D977A; $base-600: #4C7561; $base-700: #3A5547; $base-800: #293830; $base-900: #1A231F; $base-hover: #85C1A3; $base-subtle: #ECF4F0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BBDDCC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E3F2EB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C9E4D6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A2CDB8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7EB499",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#5D977A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4C7561",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3A5547",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#293830",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1A231F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}