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#374530

Dark Green · dark cool green

About #374530

#374530 is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 22% red, 27% green and 19% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 30% yellow and 73% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is somewhere between Dark Green and Graphite (ΔE 15.3), with Graphite the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #3E3045 (eggplant), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.21:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.21:1).

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Red55
Green69
Blue48

Closest named colours

Dark Green
#013220 · ΔE 15.3
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 15.5
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 15.9

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

Text on #374530

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dark green #374530.
10.21:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on dark green #374530.
2.06:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #374530 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#374530
Protanopia (no red cones)
#47422F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#444131
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#37433F

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #374530?

#374530 is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 22% red, 27% green and 19% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 30% yellow and 73% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #374530?

Use white text. White on #374530 has a contrast ratio of 10.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #374530?

Its complementary colour is #3E3045, and analogous partners are #424530 and #304533.