#BDE7DD is a muted, temperate cyan. 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 #BDE7DD works with other colors. Named schemes with #BDE7DD 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 #BDE7DD 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 #BDE7DD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BDE7DD;
--color-base-rgb: 189 231 221;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.5% 0.046 179.1);
--color-50: #F3FBF9;
--color-100: #E0F5F0;
--color-200: #C3E9E0;
--color-300: #99D6C8;
--color-400: #72C0AE;
--color-500: #51A490;
--color-600: #447E71;
--color-700: #345A52;
--color-800: #253C36;
--color-900: #182522;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
seafoam: {
50: '#F3FBF9',
100: '#E0F5F0',
200: '#C3E9E0',
300: '#99D6C8',
400: '#72C0AE',
500: '#51A490',
600: '#447E71',
700: '#345A52',
800: '#253C36',
900: '#182522',
},
}
$base: #BDE7DD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F3FBF9; $base-100: #E0F5F0; $base-200: #C3E9E0; $base-300: #99D6C8; $base-400: #72C0AE; $base-500: #51A490; $base-600: #447E71; $base-700: #345A52; $base-800: #253C36; $base-900: #182522; $base-hover: #7ED1BD; $base-subtle: #ECF6F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BDE7DD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FBF9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E0F5F0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C3E9E0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#99D6C8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#72C0AE",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#51A490",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#447E71",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#345A52",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#253C36",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#182522",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}