#DCFBE1 is a muted, temperate teal-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 #DCFBE1 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DCFBE1 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
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 leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
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 holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown 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.
How #DCFBE1 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 #DCFBE1 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DCFBE1;
--color-base-rgb: 220 251 225;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.9% 0.047 149.9);
--color-50: #F1FEF3;
--color-100: #DAFCDF;
--color-200: #B6F6C1;
--color-300: #85EB96;
--color-400: #58DA6D;
--color-500: #35C04C;
--color-600: #309240;
--color-700: #286732;
--color-800: #1D4324;
--color-900: #142917;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ice-blue: {
50: '#F1FEF3',
100: '#DAFCDF',
200: '#B6F6C1',
300: '#85EB96',
400: '#58DA6D',
500: '#35C04C',
600: '#309240',
700: '#286732',
800: '#1D4324',
900: '#142917',
},
}
$base: #DCFBE1; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F1FEF3; $base-100: #DAFCDF; $base-200: #B6F6C1; $base-300: #85EB96; $base-400: #58DA6D; $base-500: #35C04C; $base-600: #309240; $base-700: #286732; $base-800: #1D4324; $base-900: #142917; $base-hover: #86F198; $base-subtle: #F5FDF6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DCFBE1",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F1FEF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DAFCDF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B6F6C1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#85EB96",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#58DA6D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#35C04C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#309240",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#286732",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1D4324",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#142917",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}