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#2B402A

Dark Green · dark cool green

About #2B402A

#2B402A is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 17% red, 25% green and 16% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 0% magenta, 34% yellow and 75% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Dark Green (ΔE 11.2); Hunter Green comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #3F2A40 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #2B402A for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 11.23:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.23:1).

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Red43
Green64
Blue42

Closest named colours

Dark Green
#013220 · ΔE 11.2
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 15.4
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 17.4

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

Text on #2B402A

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dark green #2B402A.
11.23:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on dark green #2B402A.
1.87:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #2B402A appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#2B402A
Protanopia (no red cones)
#413C29
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3E3A2B
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#293F3A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #2B402A?

#2B402A is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 17% red, 25% green and 16% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 33% cyan, 0% magenta, 34% yellow and 75% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #2B402A?

Use white text. White on #2B402A has a contrast ratio of 11.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #2B402A?

Its complementary colour is #3F2A40, and analogous partners are #36402A and #2A4034.