#C4E2D5 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 #C4E2D5 works with other colors. Named schemes with #C4E2D5 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal 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 #C4E2D5 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 #C4E2D5 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #C4E2D5;
--color-base-rgb: 196 226 213;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(88.7% 0.036 167.5);
--color-50: #F4FAF8;
--color-100: #E3F2EC;
--color-200: #C8E4D8;
--color-300: #A2CEBB;
--color-400: #7DB59D;
--color-500: #5C987E;
--color-600: #4C7664;
--color-700: #3A5549;
--color-800: #283932;
--color-900: #1A231F;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
seafoam: {
50: '#F4FAF8',
100: '#E3F2EC',
200: '#C8E4D8',
300: '#A2CEBB',
400: '#7DB59D',
500: '#5C987E',
600: '#4C7664',
700: '#3A5549',
800: '#283932',
900: '#1A231F',
},
}
$base: #C4E2D5; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FAF8; $base-100: #E3F2EC; $base-200: #C8E4D8; $base-300: #A2CEBB; $base-400: #7DB59D; $base-500: #5C987E; $base-600: #4C7664; $base-700: #3A5549; $base-800: #283932; $base-900: #1A231F; $base-hover: #8CC6AD; $base-subtle: #EFF5F2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#C4E2D5",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FAF8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E3F2EC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C8E4D8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A2CEBB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7DB59D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#5C987E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4C7664",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3A5549",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#283932",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1A231F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}