#BEDBC9 is a pale, temperate off-white. 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 #BEDBC9 works with other colors. Named schemes with #BEDBC9 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Pastel Gray 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.
Pastel Gray opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Pastel Gray leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Pastel Gray keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Pastel Gray 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 Pastel Gray carrying the quiet middle.
How #BEDBC9 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 #BEDBC9 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BEDBC9;
--color-base-rgb: 190 219 201;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(86.5% 0.039 158.2);
--color-50: #F5FAF7;
--color-100: #E4F1E9;
--color-200: #CAE2D3;
--color-300: #A5CAB3;
--color-400: #81B193;
--color-500: #619474;
--color-600: #4F735D;
--color-700: #3C5345;
--color-800: #29372F;
--color-900: #1B231E;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pastel-gray: {
50: '#F5FAF7',
100: '#E4F1E9',
200: '#CAE2D3',
300: '#A5CAB3',
400: '#81B193',
500: '#619474',
600: '#4F735D',
700: '#3C5345',
800: '#29372F',
900: '#1B231E',
},
}
$base: #BEDBC9; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FAF7; $base-100: #E4F1E9; $base-200: #CAE2D3; $base-300: #A5CAB3; $base-400: #81B193; $base-500: #619474; $base-600: #4F735D; $base-700: #3C5345; $base-800: #29372F; $base-900: #1B231E; $base-hover: #89BE9D; $base-subtle: #ECF3EF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BEDBC9",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FAF7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E4F1E9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CAE2D3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A5CAB3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#81B193",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#619474",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4F735D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3C5345",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#29372F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B231E",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}