#D4EFCE is a soft, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, 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 #D4EFCE works with other colors. Named schemes with #D4EFCE 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 #D4EFCE 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 #D4EFCE at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D4EFCE;
--color-base-rgb: 212 239 206;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.4% 0.052 140.0);
--color-50: #F5FCF3;
--color-100: #E4F6E0;
--color-200: #C9EBC1;
--color-300: #A3D997;
--color-400: #7EC36F;
--color-500: #5EA74E;
--color-600: #4D8141;
--color-700: #3A5C33;
--color-800: #293D24;
--color-900: #1A2618;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F5FCF3',
100: '#E4F6E0',
200: '#C9EBC1',
300: '#A3D997',
400: '#7EC36F',
500: '#5EA74E',
600: '#4D8141',
700: '#3A5C33',
800: '#293D24',
900: '#1A2618',
},
}
$base: #D4EFCE; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FCF3; $base-100: #E4F6E0; $base-200: #C9EBC1; $base-300: #A3D997; $base-400: #7EC36F; $base-500: #5EA74E; $base-600: #4D8141; $base-700: #3A5C33; $base-800: #293D24; $base-900: #1A2618; $base-hover: #98D98A; $base-subtle: #F3F9F1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D4EFCE",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E4F6E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C9EBC1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A3D997",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7EC36F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#5EA74E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4D8141",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3A5C33",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#293D24",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1A2618",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}