#DEFFEB 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 #DEFFEB works with other colors. Named schemes with #DEFFEB 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 opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Ice Blue leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Ice Blue keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal 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 #DEFFEB 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 #DEFFEB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DEFFEB;
--color-base-rgb: 222 255 235;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(97.1% 0.043 158.9);
--color-50: #F0FEF6;
--color-100: #D8FDE7;
--color-200: #B1FCCF;
--color-300: #77F8AB;
--color-400: #46EC88;
--color-500: #22D269;
--color-600: #239F54;
--color-700: #1F703F;
--color-800: #18482C;
--color-900: #112C1C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ice-blue: {
50: '#F0FEF6',
100: '#D8FDE7',
200: '#B1FCCF',
300: '#77F8AB',
400: '#46EC88',
500: '#22D269',
600: '#239F54',
700: '#1F703F',
800: '#18482C',
900: '#112C1C',
},
}
$base: #DEFFEB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0FEF6; $base-100: #D8FDE7; $base-200: #B1FCCF; $base-300: #77F8AB; $base-400: #46EC88; $base-500: #22D269; $base-600: #239F54; $base-700: #1F703F; $base-800: #18482C; $base-900: #112C1C; $base-hover: #81FFB3; $base-subtle: #F7FEFA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DEFFEB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDE7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B1FCCF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#77F8AB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#46EC88",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#22D269",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#239F54",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#1F703F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#18482C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#112C1C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}