#D9DDBB is a muted, temperate green. 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 #D9DDBB works with other colors. Named schemes with #D9DDBB in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Bone as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Bone 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.
Bone leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Bone holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Bone 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 Bone carrying the quiet middle.
How #D9DDBB 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 #D9DDBB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D9DDBB;
--color-base-rgb: 217 221 187;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(88.6% 0.045 112.8);
--color-50: #F9FAF5;
--color-100: #F0F2E3;
--color-200: #E0E4C9;
--color-300: #C8CDA2;
--color-400: #AEB47E;
--color-500: #91975D;
--color-600: #71754C;
--color-700: #52553A;
--color-800: #373829;
--color-900: #22231A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
bone: {
50: '#F9FAF5',
100: '#F0F2E3',
200: '#E0E4C9',
300: '#C8CDA2',
400: '#AEB47E',
500: '#91975D',
600: '#71754C',
700: '#52553A',
800: '#373829',
900: '#22231A',
},
}
$base: #D9DDBB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9FAF5; $base-100: #F0F2E3; $base-200: #E0E4C9; $base-300: #C8CDA2; $base-400: #AEB47E; $base-500: #91975D; $base-600: #71754C; $base-700: #52553A; $base-800: #373829; $base-900: #22231A; $base-hover: #BAC185; $base-subtle: #F3F4EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D9DDBB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FAF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F0F2E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E0E4C9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C8CDA2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#AEB47E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#91975D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#71754C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#52553A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#373829",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#22231A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}