#DCEBBC 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 #DCEBBC works with other colors. Named schemes with #DCEBBC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Tea Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
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 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 #DCEBBC 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 #DCEBBC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DCEBBC;
--color-base-rgb: 220 235 188;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(91.7% 0.064 122.0);
--color-50: #F9FCF3;
--color-100: #EFF6DF;
--color-200: #DEECC0;
--color-300: #C4DA95;
--color-400: #A9C66C;
--color-500: #8CAA4B;
--color-600: #6D833F;
--color-700: #4F5D32;
--color-800: #353D23;
--color-900: #212617;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F9FCF3',
100: '#EFF6DF',
200: '#DEECC0',
300: '#C4DA95',
400: '#A9C66C',
500: '#8CAA4B',
600: '#6D833F',
700: '#4F5D32',
800: '#353D23',
900: '#212617',
},
}
$base: #DCEBBC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9FCF3; $base-100: #EFF6DF; $base-200: #DEECC0; $base-300: #C4DA95; $base-400: #A9C66C; $base-500: #8CAA4B; $base-600: #6D833F; $base-700: #4F5D32; $base-800: #353D23; $base-900: #212617; $base-hover: #BAD87B; $base-subtle: #F4F7ED;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DCEBBC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EFF6DF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DEECC0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C4DA95",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A9C66C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8CAA4B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6D833F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4F5D32",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#353D23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#212617",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}