#DBFEF1 is a pale, temperate off-white. On the Color Lab it reads 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 #DBFEF1 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DBFEF1 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Ice Blue keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Ice Blue 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.
Ice Blue opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Ice Blue 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 Ice Blue carrying the quiet middle.
Ice Blue is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Ice Blue.
How #DBFEF1 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 #DBFEF1 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DBFEF1;
--color-base-rgb: 219 254 241;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.9% 0.040 171.0);
--color-50: #F0FEF9;
--color-100: #D8FDF0;
--color-200: #B1FCE0;
--color-300: #7AF5C8;
--color-400: #4AE8AE;
--color-500: #27CE91;
--color-600: #269C71;
--color-700: #216E52;
--color-800: #1A4737;
--color-900: #122B22;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ice-blue: {
50: '#F0FEF9',
100: '#D8FDF0',
200: '#B1FCE0',
300: '#7AF5C8',
400: '#4AE8AE',
500: '#27CE91',
600: '#269C71',
700: '#216E52',
800: '#1A4737',
900: '#122B22',
},
}
$base: #DBFEF1; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0FEF9; $base-100: #D8FDF0; $base-200: #B1FCE0; $base-300: #7AF5C8; $base-400: #4AE8AE; $base-500: #27CE91; $base-600: #269C71; $base-700: #216E52; $base-800: #1A4737; $base-900: #122B22; $base-hover: #80FCCE; $base-subtle: #F6FEFB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DBFEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDF0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B1FCE0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#7AF5C8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#4AE8AE",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#27CE91",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#269C71",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#216E52",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1A4737",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#122B22",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}