#DDEDBB 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 #DDEDBB works with other colors. Named schemes with #DDEDBB 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 #DDEDBB 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 #DDEDBB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DDEDBB;
--color-base-rgb: 221 237 187;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.2% 0.068 122.1);
--color-50: #F9FCF2;
--color-100: #EFF7DE;
--color-200: #DFEEBF;
--color-300: #C5DD92;
--color-400: #ABC969;
--color-500: #8DAD47;
--color-600: #6E853D;
--color-700: #505F30;
--color-800: #363E23;
--color-900: #212617;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F9FCF2',
100: '#EFF7DE',
200: '#DFEEBF',
300: '#C5DD92',
400: '#ABC969',
500: '#8DAD47',
600: '#6E853D',
700: '#505F30',
800: '#363E23',
900: '#212617',
},
}
$base: #DDEDBB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9FCF2; $base-100: #EFF7DE; $base-200: #DFEEBF; $base-300: #C5DD92; $base-400: #ABC969; $base-500: #8DAD47; $base-600: #6E853D; $base-700: #505F30; $base-800: #363E23; $base-900: #212617; $base-hover: #BCDB78; $base-subtle: #F4F8EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DDEDBB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FCF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EFF7DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DFEEBF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C5DD92",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#ABC969",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#8DAD47",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6E853D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#505F30",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#363E23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#212617",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}