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#385643

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #385643

#385643 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 34% green and 26% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 66% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 11.0); Dark Teal comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #56384B — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #385643 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.14:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.14:1).

Colour codes

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Red56
Green86
Blue67

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 11.0
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 15.4
Dark Green
#013220 · ΔE 17.2

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

Text on #385643

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #385643.
8.14:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #385643.
2.58:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #385643 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#385643
Protanopia (no red cones)
#565142
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#514E44
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#325551

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #385643?

#385643 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 22% red, 34% green and 26% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 35% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 66% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #385643?

Use white text. White on #385643 has a contrast ratio of 8.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #385643?

Its complementary colour is #56384B, and analogous partners are #3C5638 and #385652.