#BFEFB7 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 #BFEFB7 works with other colors. Named schemes with #BFEFB7 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 #BFEFB7 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 #BFEFB7 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #BFEFB7;
--color-base-rgb: 191 239 183;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(90.4% 0.090 141.1);
--color-50: #F4FDF2;
--color-100: #E1F8DD;
--color-200: #C4F0BC;
--color-300: #9BE18E;
--color-400: #74CE64;
--color-500: #53B342;
--color-600: #458939;
--color-700: #35612E;
--color-800: #264021;
--color-900: #192716;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F4FDF2',
100: '#E1F8DD',
200: '#C4F0BC',
300: '#9BE18E',
400: '#74CE64',
500: '#53B342',
600: '#458939',
700: '#35612E',
800: '#264021',
900: '#192716',
},
}
$base: #BFEFB7; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FDF2; $base-100: #E1F8DD; $base-200: #C4F0BC; $base-300: #9BE18E; $base-400: #74CE64; $base-500: #53B342; $base-600: #458939; $base-700: #35612E; $base-800: #264021; $base-900: #192716; $base-hover: #83E072; $base-subtle: #EEF8EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#BFEFB7",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E1F8DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C4F0BC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#9BE18E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#74CE64",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#53B342",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#458939",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#35612E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#264021",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#192716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}