#CDFBBA 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 #CDFBBA works with other colors. Named schemes with #CDFBBA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 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.
This palette keeps Tea Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso 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 #CDFBBA 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 #CDFBBA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CDFBBA;
--color-base-rgb: 205 251 186;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.0% 0.098 136.7);
--color-50: #F5FEF0;
--color-100: #E3FDD8;
--color-200: #C8FAB2;
--color-300: #A1F17E;
--color-400: #7CE34F;
--color-500: #5BC92C;
--color-600: #4B982A;
--color-700: #396B23;
--color-800: #28461B;
--color-900: #1A2B13;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F5FEF0',
100: '#E3FDD8',
200: '#C8FAB2',
300: '#A1F17E',
400: '#7CE34F',
500: '#5BC92C',
600: '#4B982A',
700: '#396B23',
800: '#28461B',
900: '#1A2B13',
},
}
$base: #CDFBBA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FEF0; $base-100: #E3FDD8; $base-200: #C8FAB2; $base-300: #A1F17E; $base-400: #7CE34F; $base-500: #5BC92C; $base-600: #4B982A; $base-700: #396B23; $base-800: #28461B; $base-900: #1A2B13; $base-hover: #93F669; $base-subtle: #F1FCED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CDFBBA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E3FDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C8FAB2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A1F17E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7CE34F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#5BC92C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4B982A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#396B23",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#28461B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1A2B13",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}