#BDEBB6 is a soft, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #BDEBB6 works with other colors. Named schemes with #BDEBB6 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Tea Green 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.
Tea Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Tea Green opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Tea Green holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Tea Green 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 Tea Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #BDEBB6 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 #BDEBB6 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BDEBB6;
--color-base-rgb: 189 235 182;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.4% 0.086 141.4);
--color-50: #F4FCF3;
--color-100: #E2F7DE;
--color-200: #C5EDBF;
--color-300: #9DDC93;
--color-400: #76C86A;
--color-500: #56AD48;
--color-600: #47843D;
--color-700: #375E30;
--color-800: #263E23;
--color-900: #192617;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F4FCF3',
100: '#E2F7DE',
200: '#C5EDBF',
300: '#9DDC93',
400: '#76C86A',
500: '#56AD48',
600: '#47843D',
700: '#375E30',
800: '#263E23',
900: '#192617',
},
}
$base: #BDEBB6; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FCF3; $base-100: #E2F7DE; $base-200: #C5EDBF; $base-300: #9DDC93; $base-400: #76C86A; $base-500: #56AD48; $base-600: #47843D; $base-700: #375E30; $base-800: #263E23; $base-900: #192617; $base-hover: #83D975; $base-subtle: #EDF7EB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BDEBB6",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E2F7DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C5EDBF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#9DDC93",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#76C86A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#56AD48",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#47843D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#375E30",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#263E23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#192617",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}