#D3EFD8 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 #D3EFD8 works with other colors. Named schemes with #D3EFD8 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 #D3EFD8 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 #D3EFD8 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D3EFD8;
--color-base-rgb: 211 239 216;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.5% 0.043 150.6);
--color-50: #F3FBF5;
--color-100: #E0F5E4;
--color-200: #C3E9CA;
--color-300: #99D6A4;
--color-400: #72C080;
--color-500: #51A460;
--color-600: #447E4E;
--color-700: #345A3B;
--color-800: #253C29;
--color-900: #18251B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F3FBF5',
100: '#E0F5E4',
200: '#C3E9CA',
300: '#99D6A4',
400: '#72C080',
500: '#51A460',
600: '#447E4E',
700: '#345A3B',
800: '#253C29',
900: '#18251B',
},
}
$base: #D3EFD8; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F3FBF5; $base-100: #E0F5E4; $base-200: #C3E9CA; $base-300: #99D6A4; $base-400: #72C080; $base-500: #51A460; $base-600: #447E4E; $base-700: #345A3B; $base-800: #253C29; $base-900: #18251B; $base-hover: #90D79D; $base-subtle: #F3F9F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D3EFD8",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FBF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E0F5E4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C3E9CA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#99D6A4",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#72C080",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#51A460",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#447E4E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#345A3B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#253C29",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#18251B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}