#DDF8E4 is a pale, temperate off-white. On the Color Lab it reads 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 #DDF8E4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DDF8E4 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 #DDF8E4 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 #DDF8E4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DDF8E4;
--color-base-rgb: 221 248 228;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.4% 0.039 153.5);
--color-50: #F2FDF5;
--color-100: #DCF9E4;
--color-200: #BBF1CA;
--color-300: #8DE2A4;
--color-400: #62D080;
--color-500: #40B55F;
--color-600: #388A4E;
--color-700: #2D623B;
--color-800: #214029;
--color-900: #16281A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ice-blue: {
50: '#F2FDF5',
100: '#DCF9E4',
200: '#BBF1CA',
300: '#8DE2A4',
400: '#62D080',
500: '#40B55F',
600: '#388A4E',
700: '#2D623B',
800: '#214029',
900: '#16281A',
},
}
$base: #DDF8E4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F2FDF5; $base-100: #DCF9E4; $base-200: #BBF1CA; $base-300: #8DE2A4; $base-400: #62D080; $base-500: #40B55F; $base-600: #388A4E; $base-700: #2D623B; $base-800: #214029; $base-900: #16281A; $base-hover: #8FE8A7; $base-subtle: #F6FCF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DDF8E4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FDF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DCF9E4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BBF1CA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8DE2A4",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#62D080",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#40B55F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#388A4E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2D623B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#214029",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#16281A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}