#DBEBCB 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 #DBEBCB works with other colors. Named schemes with #DBEBCB 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 #DBEBCB 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 #DBEBCB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DBEBCB;
--color-base-rgb: 219 235 203;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.0% 0.046 129.0);
--color-50: #F7FBF4;
--color-100: #EBF4E1;
--color-200: #D6E8C4;
--color-300: #B8D49B;
--color-400: #99BD75;
--color-500: #7AA154;
--color-600: #617C46;
--color-700: #475936;
--color-800: #303B26;
--color-900: #1F2519;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F7FBF4',
100: '#EBF4E1',
200: '#D6E8C4',
300: '#B8D49B',
400: '#99BD75',
500: '#7AA154',
600: '#617C46',
700: '#475936',
800: '#303B26',
900: '#1F2519',
},
}
$base: #DBEBCB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F7FBF4; $base-100: #EBF4E1; $base-200: #D6E8C4; $base-300: #B8D49B; $base-400: #99BD75; $base-500: #7AA154; $base-600: #617C46; $base-700: #475936; $base-800: #303B26; $base-900: #1F2519; $base-hover: #AFD28C; $base-subtle: #F4F8F1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DBEBCB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EBF4E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D6E8C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B8D49B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#99BD75",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7AA154",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#617C46",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#475936",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#303B26",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F2519",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}