#DFF0CF 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 #DFF0CF works with other colors. Named schemes with #DFF0CF 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 #DFF0CF 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 #DFF0CF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DFF0CF;
--color-base-rgb: 223 240 207;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.4% 0.047 129.6);
--color-50: #F7FCF3;
--color-100: #EAF6DF;
--color-200: #D5EBC1;
--color-300: #B6D996;
--color-400: #98C46E;
--color-500: #79A84D;
--color-600: #608141;
--color-700: #475C32;
--color-800: #303D24;
--color-900: #1E2618;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F7FCF3',
100: '#EAF6DF',
200: '#D5EBC1',
300: '#B6D996',
400: '#98C46E',
500: '#79A84D',
600: '#608141',
700: '#475C32',
800: '#303D24',
900: '#1E2618',
},
}
$base: #DFF0CF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F7FCF3; $base-100: #EAF6DF; $base-200: #D5EBC1; $base-300: #B6D996; $base-400: #98C46E; $base-500: #79A84D; $base-600: #608141; $base-700: #475C32; $base-800: #303D24; $base-900: #1E2618; $base-hover: #B2DB8C; $base-subtle: #F6F9F2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DFF0CF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7FCF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EAF6DF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D5EBC1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B6D996",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#98C46E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#79A84D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#608141",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#475C32",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#303D24",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1E2618",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}