#CDFDEF 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 #CDFDEF works with other colors. Named schemes with #CDFDEF 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 #CDFDEF 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 #CDFDEF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CDFDEF;
--color-base-rgb: 205 253 239;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.7% 0.052 175.5);
--color-50: #F0FEFA;
--color-100: #D8FDF3;
--color-200: #B1FCE6;
--color-300: #7CF3D1;
--color-400: #4DE5BA;
--color-500: #29CB9D;
--color-600: #289A7A;
--color-700: #226D57;
--color-800: #1A473A;
--color-900: #122B24;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ice-blue: {
50: '#F0FEFA',
100: '#D8FDF3',
200: '#B1FCE6',
300: '#7CF3D1',
400: '#4DE5BA',
500: '#29CB9D',
600: '#289A7A',
700: '#226D57',
800: '#1A473A',
900: '#122B24',
},
}
$base: #CDFDEF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0FEFA; $base-100: #D8FDF3; $base-200: #B1FCE6; $base-300: #7CF3D1; $base-400: #4DE5BA; $base-500: #29CB9D; $base-600: #289A7A; $base-700: #226D57; $base-800: #1A473A; $base-900: #122B24; $base-hover: #76F9D4; $base-subtle: #F2FDFA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CDFDEF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEFA",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDF3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B1FCE6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#7CF3D1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#4DE5BA",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#29CB9D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#289A7A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#226D57",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1A473A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#122B24",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}