#CEFBDD is a soft, temperate teal-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 #CEFBDD works with other colors. Named schemes with #CEFBDD 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 #CEFBDD 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 #CEFBDD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #CEFBDD;
--color-base-rgb: 206 251 221;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.9% 0.061 155.9);
--color-50: #F0FEF5;
--color-100: #D8FDE4;
--color-200: #B4F9CB;
--color-300: #81EEA5;
--color-400: #53DF82;
--color-500: #30C561;
--color-600: #2C964F;
--color-700: #256A3C;
--color-800: #1C452A;
--color-900: #132A1B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F0FEF5',
100: '#D8FDE4',
200: '#B4F9CB',
300: '#81EEA5',
400: '#53DF82',
500: '#30C561',
600: '#2C964F',
700: '#256A3C',
800: '#1C452A',
900: '#132A1B',
},
}
$base: #CEFBDD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0FEF5; $base-100: #D8FDE4; $base-200: #B4F9CB; $base-300: #81EEA5; $base-400: #53DF82; $base-500: #30C561; $base-600: #2C964F; $base-700: #256A3C; $base-800: #1C452A; $base-900: #132A1B; $base-hover: #7BF4A3; $base-subtle: #F2FCF6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#CEFBDD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDE4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B4F9CB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#81EEA5",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#53DF82",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#30C561",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#2C964F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#256A3C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1C452A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#132A1B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}