#CDEBDB 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 #CDEBDB works with other colors. Named schemes with #CDEBDB 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 leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
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.
How #CDEBDB 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 #CDEBDB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CDEBDB;
--color-base-rgb: 205 235 219;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(91.4% 0.038 162.3);
--color-50: #F4FBF7;
--color-100: #E1F4EA;
--color-200: #C5E8D5;
--color-300: #9CD3B6;
--color-400: #75BD97;
--color-500: #55A078;
--color-600: #467C5F;
--color-700: #365946;
--color-800: #263B30;
--color-900: #19241E;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
seafoam: {
50: '#F4FBF7',
100: '#E1F4EA',
200: '#C5E8D5',
300: '#9CD3B6',
400: '#75BD97',
500: '#55A078',
600: '#467C5F',
700: '#365946',
800: '#263B30',
900: '#19241E',
},
}
$base: #CDEBDB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FBF7; $base-100: #E1F4EA; $base-200: #C5E8D5; $base-300: #9CD3B6; $base-400: #75BD97; $base-500: #55A078; $base-600: #467C5F; $base-700: #365946; $base-800: #263B30; $base-900: #19241E; $base-hover: #8DD2AD; $base-subtle: #F1F8F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CDEBDB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FBF7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E1F4EA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C5E8D5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#9CD3B6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#75BD97",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#55A078",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#467C5F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#365946",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#263B30",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#19241E",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}