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#20331E

Dark Green · very dark cool green

About #20331E

#20331E is a muted, very dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 13% red, 20% green and 12% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 37% cyan, 0% magenta, 41% yellow and 80% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Dark Green (ΔE 9.2); Jet comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #311E33 — a jet tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very dark tones like #20331E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 13.52:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (13.52:1).

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Red32
Green51
Blue30

Closest named colours

Dark Green
#013220 · ΔE 9.2
Jet
#2B2B2B · ΔE 17.0
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 17.5

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

Text on #20331E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dark green #20331E.
13.52:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on dark green #20331E.
1.55:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #20331E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#20331E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#342F1D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#312E1F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#1E322E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #20331E?

#20331E is a muted, very dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 13% red, 20% green and 12% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 37% cyan, 0% magenta, 41% yellow and 80% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #20331E?

Use white text. White on #20331E has a contrast ratio of 13.52:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #20331E?

Its complementary colour is #311E33, and analogous partners are #2B331E and #1E3327.