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#35503E

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #35503E

With the hex code #35503E, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 21% red, 31% green and 24% blue, while a printer would mix 34% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Hunter Green — a ΔE of 12.5 — followed by Dark Teal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #503547, a eggplant shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.87:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.87:1).

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Red53
Green80
Blue62

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 12.5
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 15.0
Dark Green
#013220 · ΔE 15.5

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

Text on #35503E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #35503E.
8.87:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #35503E.
2.37:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #35503E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#35503E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#504C3D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4B493F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#304F4B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #35503E?

With the hex code #35503E, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 21% red, 31% green and 24% blue, while a printer would mix 34% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #35503E?

Use white text. White on #35503E has a contrast ratio of 8.87:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #35503E?

Its complementary colour is #503547, and analogous partners are #3A5035 and #35504C.