#DEEFEC is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, 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 #DEEFEC works with other colors. Named schemes with #DEEFEC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cool White 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.
Cool White opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cool White is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Cool White.
Cool White keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Cool White 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 Cool White carrying the quiet middle.
How #DEEFEC 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 #DEEFEC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DEEFEC;
--color-base-rgb: 222 239 236;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.9% 0.018 184.3);
--color-50: #F4FAF9;
--color-100: #E3F2EF;
--color-200: #C8E4DF;
--color-300: #A1CEC6;
--color-400: #7CB6AB;
--color-500: #5C998E;
--color-600: #4B776F;
--color-700: #395650;
--color-800: #283936;
--color-900: #1A2322;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cool-white: {
50: '#F4FAF9',
100: '#E3F2EF',
200: '#C8E4DF',
300: '#A1CEC6',
400: '#7CB6AB',
500: '#5C998E',
600: '#4B776F',
700: '#395650',
800: '#283936',
900: '#1A2322',
},
}
$base: #DEEFEC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FAF9; $base-100: #E3F2EF; $base-200: #C8E4DF; $base-300: #A1CEC6; $base-400: #7CB6AB; $base-500: #5C998E; $base-600: #4B776F; $base-700: #395650; $base-800: #283936; $base-900: #1A2322; $base-hover: #9FD1C7; $base-subtle: #F5F9F9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DEEFEC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FAF9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E3F2EF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C8E4DF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#A1CEC6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#7CB6AB",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#5C998E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#4B776F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#395650",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#283936",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1A2322",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}