#DBF2D2 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 #DBF2D2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DBF2D2 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 #DBF2D2 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 #DBF2D2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DBF2D2;
--color-base-rgb: 219 242 210;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.6% 0.049 136.8);
--color-50: #F5FCF3;
--color-100: #E5F6DF;
--color-200: #CDEDC0;
--color-300: #A8DB94;
--color-400: #85C76B;
--color-500: #65AB4A;
--color-600: #52833F;
--color-700: #3E5E31;
--color-800: #2B3E23;
--color-900: #1B2617;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F5FCF3',
100: '#E5F6DF',
200: '#CDEDC0',
300: '#A8DB94',
400: '#85C76B',
500: '#65AB4A',
600: '#52833F',
700: '#3E5E31',
800: '#2B3E23',
900: '#1B2617',
},
}
$base: #DBF2D2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FCF3; $base-100: #E5F6DF; $base-200: #CDEDC0; $base-300: #A8DB94; $base-400: #85C76B; $base-500: #65AB4A; $base-600: #52833F; $base-700: #3E5E31; $base-800: #2B3E23; $base-900: #1B2617; $base-hover: #A4DE8D; $base-subtle: #F5FAF3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DBF2D2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F6DF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CDEDC0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A8DB94",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#85C76B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#65AB4A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#52833F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3E5E31",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2B3E23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B2617",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}