#DDF3BB 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 #DDF3BB works with other colors. Named schemes with #DDF3BB 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 #DDF3BB 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 #DDF3BB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DDF3BB;
--color-base-rgb: 221 243 187;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.4% 0.077 125.3);
--color-50: #F9FDF1;
--color-100: #EEFADB;
--color-200: #DCF3BA;
--color-300: #C1E58A;
--color-400: #A5D35F;
--color-500: #87B83D;
--color-600: #6A8C35;
--color-700: #4D642B;
--color-800: #344120;
--color-900: #202815;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F9FDF1',
100: '#EEFADB',
200: '#DCF3BA',
300: '#C1E58A',
400: '#A5D35F',
500: '#87B83D',
600: '#6A8C35',
700: '#4D642B',
800: '#344120',
900: '#202815',
},
}
$base: #DDF3BB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F9FDF1; $base-100: #EEFADB; $base-200: #DCF3BA; $base-300: #C1E58A; $base-400: #A5D35F; $base-500: #87B83D; $base-600: #6A8C35; $base-700: #4D642B; $base-800: #344120; $base-900: #202815; $base-hover: #B7E671; $base-subtle: #F4F9EC;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DDF3BB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F9FDF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EEFADB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DCF3BA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#C1E58A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A5D35F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#87B83D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#6A8C35",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4D642B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#344120",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#202815",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}