#DDF7CA 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 #DDF7CA works with other colors. Named schemes with #DDF7CA 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 #DDF7CA 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 #DDF7CA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DDF7CA;
--color-base-rgb: 221 247 202;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.6% 0.065 132.1);
--color-50: #F6FEF1;
--color-100: #E8FBDB;
--color-200: #D1F4B8;
--color-300: #B0E788;
--color-400: #8FD65C;
--color-500: #70BC39;
--color-600: #598F33;
--color-700: #42652A;
--color-800: #2D421F;
--color-900: #1D2915;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F6FEF1',
100: '#E8FBDB',
200: '#D1F4B8',
300: '#B0E788',
400: '#8FD65C',
500: '#70BC39',
600: '#598F33',
700: '#42652A',
800: '#2D421F',
900: '#1D2915',
},
}
$base: #DDF7CA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6FEF1; $base-100: #E8FBDB; $base-200: #D1F4B8; $base-300: #B0E788; $base-400: #8FD65C; $base-500: #70BC39; $base-600: #598F33; $base-700: #42652A; $base-800: #2D421F; $base-900: #1D2915; $base-hover: #AAEB7C; $base-subtle: #F5FBF1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DDF7CA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6FEF1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E8FBDB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D1F4B8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B0E788",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#8FD65C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#70BC39",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#598F33",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#42652A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2D421F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D2915",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}