#DBEBC7 is a muted, 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 #DBEBC7 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DBEBC7 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 #DBEBC7 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 #DBEBC7 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DBEBC7;
--color-base-rgb: 219 235 199;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(91.9% 0.051 126.9);
--color-50: #F8FBF3;
--color-100: #ECF5E0;
--color-200: #D8E9C3;
--color-300: #BBD699;
--color-400: #9DC072;
--color-500: #7FA451;
--color-600: #647E44;
--color-700: #495A34;
--color-800: #323C25;
--color-900: #1F2518;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F8FBF3',
100: '#ECF5E0',
200: '#D8E9C3',
300: '#BBD699',
400: '#9DC072',
500: '#7FA451',
600: '#647E44',
700: '#495A34',
800: '#323C25',
900: '#1F2518',
},
}
$base: #DBEBC7; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8FBF3; $base-100: #ECF5E0; $base-200: #D8E9C3; $base-300: #BBD699; $base-400: #9DC072; $base-500: #7FA451; $base-600: #647E44; $base-700: #495A34; $base-800: #323C25; $base-900: #1F2518; $base-hover: #B1D487; $base-subtle: #F4F8EF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DBEBC7",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FBF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECF5E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D8E9C3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BBD699",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#9DC072",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7FA451",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#647E44",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#495A34",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#323C25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F2518",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}