#D9F7E4 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 #D9F7E4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #D9F7E4 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Ice Blue 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.
Ice Blue opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Ice Blue leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Ice Blue keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Ice Blue 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 Ice Blue carrying the quiet middle.
How #D9F7E4 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 #D9F7E4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D9F7E4;
--color-base-rgb: 217 247 228;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.9% 0.040 157.8);
--color-50: #F2FDF6;
--color-100: #DDF9E7;
--color-200: #BCF1CF;
--color-300: #8EE2AC;
--color-400: #63CF8B;
--color-500: #41B46B;
--color-600: #388956;
--color-700: #2D6240;
--color-800: #21402C;
--color-900: #16271C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ice-blue: {
50: '#F2FDF6',
100: '#DDF9E7',
200: '#BCF1CF',
300: '#8EE2AC',
400: '#63CF8B',
500: '#41B46B',
600: '#388956',
700: '#2D6240',
800: '#21402C',
900: '#16271C',
},
}
$base: #D9F7E4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F2FDF6; $base-100: #DDF9E7; $base-200: #BCF1CF; $base-300: #8EE2AC; $base-400: #63CF8B; $base-500: #41B46B; $base-600: #388956; $base-700: #2D6240; $base-800: #21402C; $base-900: #16271C; $base-hover: #8DE7AE; $base-subtle: #F5FCF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D9F7E4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FDF6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DDF9E7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BCF1CF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8EE2AC",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#63CF8B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#41B46B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#388956",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2D6240",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#21402C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#16271C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}