#CEF8CA 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 #CEF8CA works with other colors. Named schemes with #CEF8CA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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.
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 holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown 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 #CEF8CA 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 #CEF8CA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CEF8CA;
--color-base-rgb: 206 248 202;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.8% 0.075 142.7);
--color-50: #F2FEF1;
--color-100: #DDFBDA;
--color-200: #BCF5B7;
--color-300: #8EE986;
--color-400: #64D959;
--color-500: #42BE37;
--color-600: #399131;
--color-700: #2D6628;
--color-800: #21431E;
--color-900: #162914;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F2FEF1',
100: '#DDFBDA',
200: '#BCF5B7',
300: '#8EE986',
400: '#64D959',
500: '#42BE37',
600: '#399131',
700: '#2D6628',
800: '#21431E',
900: '#162914',
},
}
$base: #CEF8CA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F2FEF1; $base-100: #DDFBDA; $base-200: #BCF5B7; $base-300: #8EE986; $base-400: #64D959; $base-500: #42BE37; $base-600: #399131; $base-700: #2D6628; $base-800: #21431E; $base-900: #162914; $base-hover: #83EE79; $base-subtle: #F1FBF0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CEF8CA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DDFBDA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BCF5B7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8EE986",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#64D959",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#42BE37",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#399131",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2D6628",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#21431E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#162914",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}