#DEEBCB is a muted, temperate 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 #DEEBCB works with other colors. Named schemes with #DEEBCB 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 #DEEBCB 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 #DEEBCB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DEEBCB;
--color-base-rgb: 222 235 203;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.2% 0.045 125.3);
--color-50: #F8FBF4;
--color-100: #ECF4E1;
--color-200: #DAE8C4;
--color-300: #BDD49B;
--color-400: #A0BD75;
--color-500: #82A154;
--color-600: #667C46;
--color-700: #4B5936;
--color-800: #333B26;
--color-900: #202519;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F8FBF4',
100: '#ECF4E1',
200: '#DAE8C4',
300: '#BDD49B',
400: '#A0BD75',
500: '#82A154',
600: '#667C46',
700: '#4B5936',
800: '#333B26',
900: '#202519',
},
}
$base: #DEEBCB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F8FBF4; $base-100: #ECF4E1; $base-200: #DAE8C4; $base-300: #BDD49B; $base-400: #A0BD75; $base-500: #82A154; $base-600: #667C46; $base-700: #4B5936; $base-800: #333B26; $base-900: #202519; $base-hover: #B6D28C; $base-subtle: #F5F8F1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DEEBCB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F8FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#ECF4E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#DAE8C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#BDD49B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#A0BD75",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#82A154",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#667C46",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#4B5936",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#333B26",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#202519",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}