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#1B331E

Dark Green · very dark cool green

About #1B331E

With the hex code #1B331E, this is a very dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 11% red, 20% green and 12% blue, while a printer would mix 47% cyan, 0% magenta, 41% yellow and 80% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Dark Green — a ΔE of 7.2 — followed by Jet. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #331B30, a aubergine shade.

In design, a very dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 13.65:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (13.65:1).

Colour codes

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Red27
Green51
Blue30

Closest named colours

Dark Green
#013220 · ΔE 7.2
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 18.3
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 18.8

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #1B331E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dark green #1B331E.
13.65:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on dark green #1B331E.
1.54:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #1B331E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#1B331E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#342F1D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#302D1F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#18322E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #1B331E?

With the hex code #1B331E, this is a very dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 11% red, 20% green and 12% blue, while a printer would mix 47% cyan, 0% magenta, 41% yellow and 80% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #1B331E?

Use white text. White on #1B331E has a contrast ratio of 13.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #1B331E?

Its complementary colour is #331B30, and analogous partners are #24331B and #1B332A.