#BCEADA is a soft, 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 #BCEADA works with other colors. Named schemes with #BCEADA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Seafoam keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
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 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.
Seafoam is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Seafoam.
How #BCEADA 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 #BCEADA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BCEADA;
--color-base-rgb: 188 234 218;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(90.0% 0.052 171.9);
--color-50: #F3FCF9;
--color-100: #DFF6EE;
--color-200: #C1EBDD;
--color-300: #96D9C2;
--color-400: #6EC4A6;
--color-500: #4DA888;
--color-600: #41816B;
--color-700: #325C4E;
--color-800: #243D34;
--color-900: #182621;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
seafoam: {
50: '#F3FCF9',
100: '#DFF6EE',
200: '#C1EBDD',
300: '#96D9C2',
400: '#6EC4A6',
500: '#4DA888',
600: '#41816B',
700: '#325C4E',
800: '#243D34',
900: '#182621',
},
}
$base: #BCEADA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F3FCF9; $base-100: #DFF6EE; $base-200: #C1EBDD; $base-300: #96D9C2; $base-400: #6EC4A6; $base-500: #4DA888; $base-600: #41816B; $base-700: #325C4E; $base-800: #243D34; $base-900: #182621; $base-hover: #7DD6B7; $base-subtle: #EDF7F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BCEADA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FCF9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DFF6EE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C1EBDD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#96D9C2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#6EC4A6",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#4DA888",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#41816B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#325C4E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#243D34",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#182621",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}