#DBF9CC 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 #DBF9CC works with other colors. Named schemes with #DBF9CC 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 #DBF9CC 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 #DBF9CC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DBF9CC;
--color-base-rgb: 219 249 204;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.9% 0.067 135.2);
--color-50: #F5FEF1;
--color-100: #E5FCDA;
--color-200: #CBF6B6;
--color-300: #A7EB85;
--color-400: #83DA58;
--color-500: #63C035;
--color-600: #519230;
--color-700: #3D6728;
--color-800: #2A431D;
--color-900: #1B2914;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F5FEF1',
100: '#E5FCDA',
200: '#CBF6B6',
300: '#A7EB85',
400: '#83DA58',
500: '#63C035',
600: '#519230',
700: '#3D6728',
800: '#2A431D',
900: '#1B2914',
},
}
$base: #DBF9CC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FEF1; $base-100: #E5FCDA; $base-200: #CBF6B6; $base-300: #A7EB85; $base-400: #83DA58; $base-500: #63C035; $base-600: #519230; $base-700: #3D6728; $base-800: #2A431D; $base-900: #1B2914; $base-hover: #A2F07C; $base-subtle: #F5FCF2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DBF9CC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5FCDA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CBF6B6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A7EB85",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#83DA58",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#63C035",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#519230",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3D6728",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A431D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B2914",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}