#DBEFD0 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 #DBEFD0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DBEFD0 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 #DBEFD0 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 #DBEFD0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DBEFD0;
--color-base-rgb: 219 239 208;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.9% 0.046 134.3);
--color-50: #F6FBF3;
--color-100: #E7F5E0;
--color-200: #D0EAC2;
--color-300: #AED798;
--color-400: #8DC270;
--color-500: #6DA64F;
--color-600: #587F42;
--color-700: #415B34;
--color-800: #2D3C25;
--color-900: #1D2518;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F6FBF3',
100: '#E7F5E0',
200: '#D0EAC2',
300: '#AED798',
400: '#8DC270',
500: '#6DA64F',
600: '#587F42',
700: '#415B34',
800: '#2D3C25',
900: '#1D2518',
},
}
$base: #DBEFD0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6FBF3; $base-100: #E7F5E0; $base-200: #D0EAC2; $base-300: #AED798; $base-400: #8DC270; $base-500: #6DA64F; $base-600: #587F42; $base-700: #415B34; $base-800: #2D3C25; $base-900: #1D2518; $base-hover: #A8D98F; $base-subtle: #F5F9F2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DBEFD0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6FBF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E7F5E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D0EAC2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#AED798",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8DC270",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#6DA64F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#587F42",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#415B34",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2D3C25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D2518",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}