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#2D412D

Dark Green · dark cool green

About #2D412D

#2D412D is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 18% red, 25% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 75% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Dark Green (ΔE 11.8); Hunter Green comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #412D41 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #2D412D for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 11.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (11.02:1).

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Red45
Green65
Blue45

Closest named colours

Dark Green
#013220 · ΔE 11.8
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 15.9
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 16.1

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

Text on #2D412D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dark green #2D412D.
11.02:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on dark green #2D412D.
1.91:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #2D412D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#2D412D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#423D2C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#3F3B2E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#2B403C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #2D412D?

#2D412D is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 18% red, 25% green and 18% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 75% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #2D412D?

Use white text. White on #2D412D has a contrast ratio of 11.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #2D412D?

Its complementary colour is #412D41, and analogous partners are #37412D and #2D4137.