#384530
Graphite · dark cool green
About #384530
#384530 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 27% green and 19% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 30% yellow and 73% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Graphite and Dark Green (ΔE 15.4); Dark Green comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #3D3045 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #384530 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.18:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.18:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #384530?
#384530 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 27% green and 19% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 30% yellow and 73% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #384530?
Use white text. White on #384530 has a contrast ratio of 10.18:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #384530?
Its complementary colour is #3D3045, and analogous partners are #434530 and #304532.