#CBFCED is a soft, temperate teal. 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 #CBFCED works with other colors. Named schemes with #CBFCED in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Ice Blue keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Ice Blue 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.
Ice Blue opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Ice Blue 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 Ice Blue carrying the quiet middle.
Ice Blue is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Ice Blue.
How #CBFCED 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 #CBFCED at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CBFCED;
--color-base-rgb: 203 252 237;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.3% 0.054 174.5);
--color-50: #F0FEFA;
--color-100: #D8FDF2;
--color-200: #B2FAE5;
--color-300: #7EF1CF;
--color-400: #4FE3B6;
--color-500: #2CC99A;
--color-600: #2A9877;
--color-700: #236B56;
--color-800: #1B4639;
--color-900: #132B23;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ice-blue: {
50: '#F0FEFA',
100: '#D8FDF2',
200: '#B2FAE5',
300: '#7EF1CF',
400: '#4FE3B6',
500: '#2CC99A',
600: '#2A9877',
700: '#236B56',
800: '#1B4639',
900: '#132B23',
},
}
$base: #CBFCED; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0FEFA; $base-100: #D8FDF2; $base-200: #B2FAE5; $base-300: #7EF1CF; $base-400: #4FE3B6; $base-500: #2CC99A; $base-600: #2A9877; $base-700: #236B56; $base-800: #1B4639; $base-900: #132B23; $base-hover: #74F7D0; $base-subtle: #F1FCF9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CBFCED",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEFA",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDF2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B2FAE5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#7EF1CF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#4FE3B6",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#2CC99A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#2A9877",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#236B56",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1B4639",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#132B23",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}