#DDFEF0 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 #DDFEF0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DDFEF0 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 opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Ice Blue keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal 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.
Ice Blue is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Ice Blue.
How #DDFEF0 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 #DDFEF0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DDFEF0;
--color-base-rgb: 221 254 240;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.0% 0.039 168.1);
--color-50: #F0FEF9;
--color-100: #D8FDEE;
--color-200: #B1FCDC;
--color-300: #7BF4C2;
--color-400: #4BE7A6;
--color-500: #28CD88;
--color-600: #269B6B;
--color-700: #216D4E;
--color-800: #1A4734;
--color-900: #122B21;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ice-blue: {
50: '#F0FEF9',
100: '#D8FDEE',
200: '#B1FCDC',
300: '#7BF4C2',
400: '#4BE7A6',
500: '#28CD88',
600: '#269B6B',
700: '#216D4E',
800: '#1A4734',
900: '#122B21',
},
}
$base: #DDFEF0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0FEF9; $base-100: #D8FDEE; $base-200: #B1FCDC; $base-300: #7BF4C2; $base-400: #4BE7A6; $base-500: #28CD88; $base-600: #269B6B; $base-700: #216D4E; $base-800: #1A4734; $base-900: #122B21; $base-hover: #80FBC8; $base-subtle: #F6FDFA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DDFEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDEE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B1FCDC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#7BF4C2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#4BE7A6",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#28CD88",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#269B6B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#216D4E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1A4734",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#122B21",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}