#DFFEE6 is a muted, temperate teal-green. 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 #DFFEE6 works with other colors. Named schemes with #DFFEE6 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Honeydew 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.
Honeydew leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Honeydew opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Honeydew holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Honeydew 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 Honeydew carrying the quiet middle.
How #DFFEE6 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 #DFFEE6 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #DFFEE6;
--color-base-rgb: 223 254 230;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(96.8% 0.045 152.2);
--color-50: #F0FEF4;
--color-100: #D8FDE1;
--color-200: #B1FCC2;
--color-300: #7BF497;
--color-400: #4BE770;
--color-500: #28CD4E;
--color-600: #269B42;
--color-700: #216D33;
--color-800: #1A4724;
--color-900: #122B18;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
honeydew: {
50: '#F0FEF4',
100: '#D8FDE1',
200: '#B1FCC2',
300: '#7BF497',
400: '#4BE770',
500: '#28CD4E',
600: '#269B42',
700: '#216D33',
800: '#1A4724',
900: '#122B18',
},
}
$base: #DFFEE6; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F0FEF4; $base-100: #D8FDE1; $base-200: #B1FCC2; $base-300: #7BF497; $base-400: #4BE770; $base-500: #28CD4E; $base-600: #269B42; $base-700: #216D33; $base-800: #1A4724; $base-900: #122B18; $base-hover: #84FBA0; $base-subtle: #F7FEF9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#DFFEE6",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F0FEF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#D8FDE1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#B1FCC2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#7BF497",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#4BE770",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#28CD4E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#269B42",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#216D33",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#1A4724",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#122B18",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}