#DDFFE5 is a muted, temperate teal-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 #DDFFE5 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DDFFE5 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 #DDFFE5 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 #DDFFE5 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DDFFE5;
--color-base-rgb: 221 255 229;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.9% 0.049 152.4);
--color-50: #F0FEF4;
--color-100: #D8FDE1;
--color-200: #B1FCC2;
--color-300: #77F895;
--color-400: #46EC6D;
--color-500: #22D24B;
--color-600: #239F40;
--color-700: #1F7032;
--color-800: #184824;
--color-900: #112C17;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ice-blue: {
50: '#F0FEF4',
100: '#D8FDE1',
200: '#B1FCC2',
300: '#77F895',
400: '#46EC6D',
500: '#22D24B',
600: '#239F40',
700: '#1F7032',
800: '#184824',
900: '#112C17',
},
}
$base: #DDFFE5; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0FEF4; $base-100: #D8FDE1; $base-200: #B1FCC2; $base-300: #77F895; $base-400: #46EC6D; $base-500: #22D24B; $base-600: #239F40; $base-700: #1F7032; $base-800: #184824; $base-900: #112C17; $base-hover: #7CFF9B; $base-subtle: #F6FEF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DDFFE5",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDE1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B1FCC2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#77F895",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#46EC6D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#22D24B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#239F40",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#1F7032",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#184824",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#112C17",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}