#DBEEBC is a soft, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #DBEEBC works with other colors. Named schemes with #DBEEBC 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 #DBEEBC 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 #DBEEBC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DBEEBC;
--color-base-rgb: 219 238 188;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.2% 0.069 124.6);
--color-50: #F9FCF2;
--color-100: #EEF8DE;
--color-200: #DCEFBE;
--color-300: #C1DE91;
--color-400: #A5CB67;
--color-500: #87AF46;
--color-600: #6A863C;
--color-700: #4D602F;
--color-800: #343F22;
--color-900: #202716;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F9FCF2',
100: '#EEF8DE',
200: '#DCEFBE',
300: '#C1DE91',
400: '#A5CB67',
500: '#87AF46',
600: '#6A863C',
700: '#4D602F',
800: '#343F22',
900: '#202716',
},
}
$base: #DBEEBC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9FCF2; $base-100: #EEF8DE; $base-200: #DCEFBE; $base-300: #C1DE91; $base-400: #A5CB67; $base-500: #87AF46; $base-600: #6A863C; $base-700: #4D602F; $base-800: #343F22; $base-900: #202716; $base-hover: #B7DE79; $base-subtle: #F4F8ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DBEEBC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FCF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEF8DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DCEFBE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C1DE91",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A5CB67",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#87AF46",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6A863C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4D602F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#343F22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#202716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}