#1B341C
Dark Green · very dark cool green
About #1B341C
#1B341C is a muted, very dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 11% red, 20% green and 11% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 48% cyan, 0% magenta, 46% yellow and 80% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Dark Green (ΔE 7.5); Hunter Green comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #341B33 — a aubergine tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very dark tones like #1B341C for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 13.51:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (13.51:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #1B341C?
#1B341C is a muted, very dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 11% red, 20% green and 11% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 48% cyan, 0% magenta, 46% yellow and 80% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #1B341C?
Use white text. White on #1B341C has a contrast ratio of 13.51:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #1B341C?
Its complementary colour is #341B33, and analogous partners are #27341B and #1B3428.