#BDEDBC 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 #BDEDBC works with other colors. Named schemes with #BDEDBC 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 #BDEDBC 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 #BDEDBC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BDEDBC;
--color-base-rgb: 189 237 188;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(90.0% 0.083 144.3);
--color-50: #F3FCF2;
--color-100: #DFF7DE;
--color-200: #BFEEBF;
--color-300: #93DD92;
--color-400: #6BC969;
--color-500: #49AD47;
--color-600: #3E853D;
--color-700: #315F30;
--color-800: #233E23;
--color-900: #172617;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F3FCF2',
100: '#DFF7DE',
200: '#BFEEBF',
300: '#93DD92',
400: '#6BC969',
500: '#49AD47',
600: '#3E853D',
700: '#315F30',
800: '#233E23',
900: '#172617',
},
}
$base: #BDEDBC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F3FCF2; $base-100: #DFF7DE; $base-200: #BFEEBF; $base-300: #93DD92; $base-400: #6BC969; $base-500: #49AD47; $base-600: #3E853D; $base-700: #315F30; $base-800: #233E23; $base-900: #172617; $base-hover: #79DB78; $base-subtle: #ECF8EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BDEDBC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FCF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DFF7DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BFEEBF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#93DD92",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#6BC969",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#49AD47",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#3E853D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#315F30",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#233E23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#172617",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}