#DEF7E4 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 #DEF7E4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DEF7E4 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Beige 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.
Beige opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Beige leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Beige keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Beige 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 Beige carrying the quiet middle.
How #DEF7E4 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 #DEF7E4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DEF7E4;
--color-base-rgb: 222 247 228;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.3% 0.036 152.8);
--color-50: #F2FCF5;
--color-100: #DDF8E4;
--color-200: #BDEFC9;
--color-300: #90DFA3;
--color-400: #67CB7E;
--color-500: #45B05E;
--color-600: #3B874D;
--color-700: #2F603A;
--color-800: #223F29;
--color-900: #16271A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
beige: {
50: '#F2FCF5',
100: '#DDF8E4',
200: '#BDEFC9',
300: '#90DFA3',
400: '#67CB7E',
500: '#45B05E',
600: '#3B874D',
700: '#2F603A',
800: '#223F29',
900: '#16271A',
},
}
$base: #DEF7E4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F2FCF5; $base-100: #DDF8E4; $base-200: #BDEFC9; $base-300: #90DFA3; $base-400: #67CB7E; $base-500: #45B05E; $base-600: #3B874D; $base-700: #2F603A; $base-800: #223F29; $base-900: #16271A; $base-hover: #93E5A6; $base-subtle: #F6FCF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DEF7E4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FCF5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DDF8E4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BDEFC9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#90DFA3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#67CB7E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#45B05E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#3B874D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2F603A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#223F29",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#16271A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}