#DDEDCD 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 #DDEDCD works with other colors. Named schemes with #DDEDCD 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 #DDEDCD 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 #DDEDCD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DDEDCD;
--color-base-rgb: 221 237 205;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.6% 0.046 129.0);
--color-50: #F7FBF3;
--color-100: #EBF5E0;
--color-200: #D6E9C3;
--color-300: #B8D699;
--color-400: #99C072;
--color-500: #7AA451;
--color-600: #617E44;
--color-700: #475A34;
--color-800: #303C25;
--color-900: #1F2518;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F7FBF3',
100: '#EBF5E0',
200: '#D6E9C3',
300: '#B8D699',
400: '#99C072',
500: '#7AA451',
600: '#617E44',
700: '#475A34',
800: '#303C25',
900: '#1F2518',
},
}
$base: #DDEDCD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F7FBF3; $base-100: #EBF5E0; $base-200: #D6E9C3; $base-300: #B8D699; $base-400: #99C072; $base-500: #7AA451; $base-600: #617E44; $base-700: #475A34; $base-800: #303C25; $base-900: #1F2518; $base-hover: #B1D68D; $base-subtle: #F5F9F2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DDEDCD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7FBF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EBF5E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D6E9C3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B8D699",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#99C072",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#7AA451",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#617E44",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#475A34",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#303C25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1F2518",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}