#DCEFCE 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 #DCEFCE works with other colors. Named schemes with #DCEFCE 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 #DCEFCE 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 #DCEFCE at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DCEFCE;
--color-base-rgb: 220 239 206;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.9% 0.048 131.9);
--color-50: #F7FCF3;
--color-100: #E9F6E0;
--color-200: #D3EBC1;
--color-300: #B2D997;
--color-400: #92C36F;
--color-500: #73A74E;
--color-600: #5C8141;
--color-700: #445C33;
--color-800: #2E3D24;
--color-900: #1D2618;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F7FCF3',
100: '#E9F6E0',
200: '#D3EBC1',
300: '#B2D997',
400: '#92C36F',
500: '#73A74E',
600: '#5C8141',
700: '#445C33',
800: '#2E3D24',
900: '#1D2618',
},
}
$base: #DCEFCE; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F7FCF3; $base-100: #E9F6E0; $base-200: #D3EBC1; $base-300: #B2D997; $base-400: #92C36F; $base-500: #73A74E; $base-600: #5C8141; $base-700: #445C33; $base-800: #2E3D24; $base-900: #1D2618; $base-hover: #ABD98A; $base-subtle: #F4F9F1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DCEFCE",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7FCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E9F6E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D3EBC1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B2D997",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#92C36F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#73A74E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#5C8141",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#445C33",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2E3D24",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D2618",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}