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#53df68

a balanced, vivid green · cool · closest name: Lime Green

Token name suggestion: True Basil

RGB
83, 223, 104
HSL
129°, 69%, 60%
CMYK
63, 0, 53, 13
Luminance
0.5561

#53df68 is a balanced vivid green, 129° on the wheel and 66/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.12:1). As text it scores 1.73:1 on white — use #198529 instead. Nearest name is Lime Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(129 69% 60%)rgb(83 223 104)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #53df68 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#53df68
Hue
129°
green
Saturation
69%
vivid
Lightness
60%
balanced
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
71%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5561
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
66/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.12:1
Closest name
Lime Green
ΔE2000 6.3
Chroma
77.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.802
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 7.1
Web-safe
#66CC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue129° of 360°
Saturation69%
Lightness60%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #53df68.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool66% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red3%
Green95%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#53df68
HEX (8-digit)#53df68ff
RGBrgb(83, 223, 104)
RGBArgba(83, 223, 104, 1)
HSLhsl(129, 69%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(129, 63%, 87%)
HWBhwb(129 33% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(63%, 0%, 53%, 13%)
LABlab(79.4 -61.7 46.9)
LCHlch(79.4 77.5 142.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.802 0.201 146.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(32.45, 55.61, 22.12)
Decimal5496680
Display P3color(display-p3 0.325 0.875 0.408)
Web-safe#66CC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #53df68;
background-color: #53df68;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #53df68;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#53df68] bg-[#53df68]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #53df68;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.325, green: 0.875, blue: 0.408)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.325, green: 0.875, blue: 0.408, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#53DF68</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF53DF68)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF53DF68)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(104, 223, 83)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(83, 223, 104)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(83, 223, 104)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 83, 223, 104)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3255f, 0.8745f, 0.4078f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{83,223,104}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #53df68 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #53df68 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#146B21, #D3EED7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #53df68 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F3FBF4;
  --brand-100: #E8F8EA;
  --brand-200: #CAF2D0;
  --brand-300: #A0EDAC;
  --brand-400: #71E582;
  --brand-500: #53df68;
  --brand-600: #26CE40;
  --brand-700: #20AC35;
  --brand-800: #1A8A2A;
  --brand-900: #176422;
  --brand-950: #0E3E15;
  --brand: #53df68;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF5;
  --brand-border: #C0EDC6;
  --brand-hover: #35D94E;
  --brand-pressed: #25C63D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142416;
    --brand-ink: #D3EED7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FBF4',
        100: '#E8F8EA',
        200: '#CAF2D0',
        300: '#A0EDAC',
        400: '#71E582',
        500: '#53df68',
        600: '#26CE40',
        700: '#20AC35',
        800: '#1A8A2A',
        900: '#176422',
        950: '#0E3E15',
        DEFAULT: '#53df68',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FBF4,
  '100': #E8F8EA,
  '200': #CAF2D0,
  '300': #A0EDAC,
  '400': #71E582,
  '500': #53df68,
  '600': #26CE40,
  '700': #20AC35,
  '800': #1A8A2A,
  '900': #176422,
  '950': #0E3E15,
);
$brand-base: #53df68;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E8F8EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#CAF2D0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#A0EDAC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#71E582", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#53df68", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#26CE40", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#20AC35", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#1A8A2A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#176422", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0E3E15", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #53df68 · 12.12:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.73:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.12:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #53df68 as text scores 1.73:1 on white and 12.12:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #146B21 at 3.84:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#198529 · 4.74:1
AA on white−29% L
#198529
The quick fox
#136720 · 7.03:1
AAA on white−36% L
#136720
The quick fox
#53df68 · 12.12:1
AA on blackalready passes
#53df68
The quick fox
#53df68 · 12.12:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#53df68

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #1FA834 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#53df68 on white: 1.73:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#53df68 on black: 12.12:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #53df68 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #53df68.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.73:1AaAa
Slate 501.66:1AaAa
Slate 1001.58:1AaAa
Slate 2001.41:1AaAa
Slate 3001.17:1AaAa
Slate 4001.48:1AaAa
Slate 5002.75:1AaAa
Slate 6004.37:1AaAa
Slate 7005.98:1AaAa
Slate 8008.44:1AaAa
Slate 90010.31:1AaAa
Black12.12:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E2CC5D
deuteranopia · #D1C071
tritanopia · #2EDAC4

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #53df68 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F3FBF4
#E8F8EA
#CAF2D0
#A0EDAC
#71E582
#53df68
#26CE40
#20AC35
#1A8A2A
#176422
#0E3E15
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F3FBF4Darkest = 950 · #0E3E15Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.050 146.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.080 146.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.121 146.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.157 146.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.185 146.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.201 146.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.201 146.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.189 146.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.169 146.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.141 146.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.111 146.0);
}

Colors that work with #53df68

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDC6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B57
Captions on the surface
Accent#D44FE3
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#146B21
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EAFBEC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142416
Dark-mode background
Hover#35D94E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#25C63D
Two steps down
Disabled#C7DBCA
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#5BEB71
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #53df68

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #146B21
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #1FA834

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight40/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#DF53CA
Analogous left#84DF53
Analogous right#53DFAE
Split-complement 1#AE53DF
Split-complement 2#DF5384
Triadic 1#6853DF
Triadic 2#DF6853
Tetradic#5384DF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°129°

#53df68 sits at 129°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red32.5%
Green87.5%
Blue40.8%
R · 0–255
83
0x53
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
104
0x68

CMYK percentages

Cyan62.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow53.4%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 129%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#53df68 text on a black background

contrast 12.12:1

Card sample

#53df68 text on a white background

contrast 1.73:1

Card sample

#53df68 on grey

1.58:1

#53df68 on its own surface

1.64:1

#53df68 on its dark surface

9.37:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #53df68;
Background color
Panel with #53df68 background
background-color: #53df68;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #53df68;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(83, 223, 104, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(83, 223, 104, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #53df68;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #53df68, #53DFC5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #53df68, #53D6DF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #53df68;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #53df68;
caret-color: #53df68;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #53df68;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EAFBEC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #53df68;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#53df68 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #53df68 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(83, 223, 104, 0.5)
rgb(83 223 104 / 50%)
#53df6880
hsl(129 69% 60% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #53df68 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#53df681a#EEFCF0
20%#53df6833#DDF9E1
40%#53df6866#BAF2C3
60%#53df6899#98ECA4
80%#53df68cc#75E586

Gradients from #53df68

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #87E995, #53df68 45%, #146B21);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #53df68, #39DACA);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #53df68, #DF53CA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A0EDAC 0%, #53df68 45%, #146B21 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #ACE77E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #6DE4C4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #146B21 0%, transparent 65%), #53df68;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #53df68

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#53df68 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 12.12:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#53df68, answered

What color is #53df68?

#53df68 is a balanced vivid green, closest to Lime Green (ΔE2000 6.3). It sits at 129° on the hue wheel with 69% saturation and 60% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #53df68?

rgb(83, 223, 104) — 83 red, 223 green and 104 blue out of 255, or 32.5% / 87.5% / 40.8% by channel.

What is #53df68 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(129, 69%, 60%) and hsv(129, 63%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #53df68 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5561 and perceived brightness is 71%, so black text on it reaches 12.12:1.

Should I use black or white text on #53df68?

Black. It scores 12.12:1 against #53df68, versus 1.73:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #53df68 accessible on a white background?

#53df68 on white scores 1.73:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #198529 to reach 4.5:1, or #136720 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #53df68?

#DF53CA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #AE53DF and #DF5384, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #53df68?

For interface work: #F4FAF5 as the surface, #C0EDC6 for borders, #4B9B57 for secondary text, #D44FE3 as an accent and #146B21 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #84DF53 and #53DFAE stays calm, while #DF53CA is the loudest partner.

What is #53df68 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(63%, 0%, 53%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #53df68 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 66 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #71DF53; nudged cooler, #51E19B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #53df68?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 7.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #53df68 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #53df68 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#53df68] or text-[#53df68], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #53df68 with 50% opacity?

rgba(83, 223, 104, 0.5), or #53df6880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #A9EFB4; over black, #2A7034.

Is #53df68 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC66, ΔE2000 4.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #53df68 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #53df68?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #87E995, #53df68 45%, #146B21). For more colour, a short hue run to #39DACA keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #53df68 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #53df68 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.