#BCDBC0 is a muted, 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 #BCDBC0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #BCDBC0 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Celadon 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.
Celadon leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Celadon opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Celadon holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Celadon 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 Celadon carrying the quiet middle.
How #BCDBC0 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 #BCDBC0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BCDBC0;
--color-base-rgb: 188 219 192;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(86.1% 0.049 148.8);
--color-50: #F5FAF6;
--color-100: #E4F1E6;
--color-200: #CAE2CD;
--color-300: #A4CBA9;
--color-400: #80B287;
--color-500: #609567;
--color-600: #4E7453;
--color-700: #3B543F;
--color-800: #29382B;
--color-900: #1B231C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
celadon: {
50: '#F5FAF6',
100: '#E4F1E6',
200: '#CAE2CD',
300: '#A4CBA9',
400: '#80B287',
500: '#609567',
600: '#4E7453',
700: '#3B543F',
800: '#29382B',
900: '#1B231C',
},
}
$base: #BCDBC0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FAF6; $base-100: #E4F1E6; $base-200: #CAE2CD; $base-300: #A4CBA9; $base-400: #80B287; $base-500: #609567; $base-600: #4E7453; $base-700: #3B543F; $base-800: #29382B; $base-900: #1B231C; $base-hover: #88BF8F; $base-subtle: #ECF3ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BCDBC0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E4F1E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CAE2CD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A4CBA9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#80B287",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#609567",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4E7453",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3B543F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#29382B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B231C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}