#DFFBE3 is a pale, temperate off-white. 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 #DFFBE3 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DFFBE3 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 leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
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 holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown 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 #DFFBE3 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 #DFFBE3 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DFFBE3;
--color-base-rgb: 223 251 227;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.1% 0.043 149.4);
--color-50: #F1FEF3;
--color-100: #DAFBDF;
--color-200: #B6F6C0;
--color-300: #85EA94;
--color-400: #58DA6C;
--color-500: #36BF4A;
--color-600: #30913F;
--color-700: #286731;
--color-800: #1E4323;
--color-900: #142917;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
ice-blue: {
50: '#F1FEF3',
100: '#DAFBDF',
200: '#B6F6C0',
300: '#85EA94',
400: '#58DA6C',
500: '#36BF4A',
600: '#30913F',
700: '#286731',
800: '#1E4323',
900: '#142917',
},
}
$base: #DFFBE3; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F1FEF3; $base-100: #DAFBDF; $base-200: #B6F6C0; $base-300: #85EA94; $base-400: #58DA6C; $base-500: #36BF4A; $base-600: #30913F; $base-700: #286731; $base-800: #1E4323; $base-900: #142917; $base-hover: #8BF19A; $base-subtle: #F6FDF7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DFFBE3",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F1FEF3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DAFBDF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B6F6C0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#85EA94",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#58DA6C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#36BF4A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#30913F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#286731",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1E4323",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#142917",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}