#D9FCDD is a soft, temperate teal-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 #D9FCDD works with other colors. Named schemes with #D9FCDD 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 leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
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 holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown 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 #D9FCDD 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 #D9FCDD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #D9FCDD;
--color-base-rgb: 217 252 221;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.8% 0.055 148.4);
--color-50: #F0FEF2;
--color-100: #D8FDDD;
--color-200: #B4F9BC;
--color-300: #81EE8E;
--color-400: #53DF63;
--color-500: #30C541;
--color-600: #2C9638;
--color-700: #256A2D;
--color-800: #1C4521;
--color-900: #132A16;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ice-blue: {
50: '#F0FEF2',
100: '#D8FDDD',
200: '#B4F9BC',
300: '#81EE8E',
400: '#53DF63',
500: '#30C541',
600: '#2C9638',
700: '#256A2D',
800: '#1C4521',
900: '#132A16',
},
}
$base: #D9FCDD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0FEF2; $base-100: #D8FDDD; $base-200: #B4F9BC; $base-300: #81EE8E; $base-400: #53DF63; $base-500: #30C541; $base-600: #2C9638; $base-700: #256A2D; $base-800: #1C4521; $base-900: #132A16; $base-hover: #82F590; $base-subtle: #F5FDF6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#D9FCDD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDDD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B4F9BC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#81EE8E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#53DF63",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#30C541",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#2C9638",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#256A2D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1C4521",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#132A16",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}