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#31442D

Dark Green · dark cool green

About #31442D

With the hex code #31442D, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 19% red, 27% green and 18% blue, while a printer would mix 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 34% yellow and 73% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Dark Green — a ΔE of 13.2 — followed by Hunter Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #402D44, a eggplant shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 10.52:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.52:1).

Colour codes

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Red49
Green68
Blue45

Closest named colours

Dark Green
#013220 · ΔE 13.2
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 14.3
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 17.6

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

Text on #31442D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dark green #31442D.
10.52:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on dark green #31442D.
2.00:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #31442D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#31442D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#45402C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#423E2E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#30423E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #31442D?

With the hex code #31442D, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 19% red, 27% green and 18% blue, while a printer would mix 28% cyan, 0% magenta, 34% yellow and 73% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #31442D?

Use white text. White on #31442D has a contrast ratio of 10.52:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #31442D?

Its complementary colour is #402D44, and analogous partners are #3C442D and #2D4435.