#DFFBCA is a soft, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #DFFBCA works with other colors. Named schemes with #DFFBCA 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 #DFFBCA 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 #DFFBCA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DFFBCA;
--color-base-rgb: 223 251 202;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.5% 0.071 131.9);
--color-50: #F6FEF0;
--color-100: #E8FDD8;
--color-200: #D2F9B3;
--color-300: #B0EF80;
--color-400: #90E052;
--color-500: #70C62F;
--color-600: #5A962B;
--color-700: #436A25;
--color-800: #2E451C;
--color-900: #1D2A13;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
tea-green: {
50: '#F6FEF0',
100: '#E8FDD8',
200: '#D2F9B3',
300: '#B0EF80',
400: '#90E052',
500: '#70C62F',
600: '#5A962B',
700: '#436A25',
800: '#2E451C',
900: '#1D2A13',
},
}
$base: #DFFBCA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F6FEF0; $base-100: #E8FDD8; $base-200: #D2F9B3; $base-300: #B0EF80; $base-400: #90E052; $base-500: #70C62F; $base-600: #5A962B; $base-700: #436A25; $base-800: #2E451C; $base-900: #1D2A13; $base-hover: #ADF576; $base-subtle: #F6FCF1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DFFBCA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F6FEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E8FDD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D2F9B3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B0EF80",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#90E052",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#70C62F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#5A962B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#436A25",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2E451C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D2A13",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}