#DFF2E9 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 #DFF2E9 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DFF2E9 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 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.
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.
How #DFF2E9 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 #DFF2E9 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DFF2E9;
--color-base-rgb: 223 242 233;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.5% 0.023 165.8);
--color-50: #F4FBF8;
--color-100: #E2F4EB;
--color-200: #C5E7D7;
--color-300: #9CD3B9;
--color-400: #76BC9B;
--color-500: #559F7D;
--color-600: #477B63;
--color-700: #365849;
--color-800: #263B31;
--color-900: #19241F;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cool-white: {
50: '#F4FBF8',
100: '#E2F4EB',
200: '#C5E7D7',
300: '#9CD3B9',
400: '#76BC9B',
500: '#559F7D',
600: '#477B63',
700: '#365849',
800: '#263B31',
900: '#19241F',
},
}
$base: #DFF2E9; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FBF8; $base-100: #E2F4EB; $base-200: #C5E7D7; $base-300: #9CD3B9; $base-400: #76BC9B; $base-500: #559F7D; $base-600: #477B63; $base-700: #365849; $base-800: #263B31; $base-900: #19241F; $base-hover: #9DD7BC; $base-subtle: #F6FAF8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DFF2E9",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FBF8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E2F4EB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C5E7D7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#9CD3B9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#76BC9B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#559F7D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#477B63",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#365849",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#263B31",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#19241F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}