#DEEFDA 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 #DEEFDA works with other colors. Named schemes with #DEEFDA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Eggshell 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.
Eggshell leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Eggshell opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Eggshell holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Eggshell 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 Eggshell carrying the quiet middle.
How #DEEFDA 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 #DEEFDA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DEEFDA;
--color-base-rgb: 222 239 218;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.4% 0.033 139.7);
--color-50: #F5FBF4;
--color-100: #E5F3E2;
--color-200: #CCE6C6;
--color-300: #A7D19E;
--color-400: #84BA78;
--color-500: #649E57;
--color-600: #517A48;
--color-700: #3D5837;
--color-800: #2A3A27;
--color-900: #1B2419;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
eggshell: {
50: '#F5FBF4',
100: '#E5F3E2',
200: '#CCE6C6',
300: '#A7D19E',
400: '#84BA78',
500: '#649E57',
600: '#517A48',
700: '#3D5837',
800: '#2A3A27',
900: '#1B2419',
},
}
$base: #DEEFDA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F5FBF4; $base-100: #E5F3E2; $base-200: #CCE6C6; $base-300: #A7D19E; $base-400: #84BA78; $base-500: #649E57; $base-600: #517A48; $base-700: #3D5837; $base-800: #2A3A27; $base-900: #1B2419; $base-hover: #A6D49B; $base-subtle: #F6FAF5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DEEFDA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F5FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E5F3E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#CCE6C6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A7D19E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#84BA78",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#649E57",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#517A48",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#3D5837",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2A3A27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1B2419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}