#53BC58 is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, bold and ownable. It sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #53BC58 works with other colors. Named schemes with #53BC58 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Mantis leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Mantis opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Mantis 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.
This palette keeps Mantis as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Mantis 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 Mantis carrying the quiet middle.
How #53BC58 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 #53BC58 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #53BC58;
--color-base-rgb: 83 188 88;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(71.0% 0.170 144.4);
--color-50: #F4FBF4;
--color-100: #E1F4E2;
--color-200: #C4E8C6;
--color-300: #9BD49E;
--color-400: #75BD78;
--color-500: #54A158;
--color-600: #467C48;
--color-700: #365937;
--color-800: #263B27;
--color-900: #192519;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
mantis: {
50: '#F4FBF4',
100: '#E1F4E2',
200: '#C4E8C6',
300: '#9BD49E',
400: '#75BD78',
500: '#54A158',
600: '#467C48',
700: '#365937',
800: '#263B27',
900: '#192519',
},
}
$base: #53BC58; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FBF4; $base-100: #E1F4E2; $base-200: #C4E8C6; $base-300: #9BD49E; $base-400: #75BD78; $base-500: #54A158; $base-600: #467C48; $base-700: #365937; $base-800: #263B27; $base-900: #192519; $base-hover: #3D9C41; $base-subtle: #CFE7D0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#53BC58",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FBF4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E1F4E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C4E8C6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#9BD49E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#75BD78",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#54A158",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#467C48",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#365937",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#263B27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#192519",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}