#39442E
Graphite · dark cool green
About #39442E
With the hex code #39442E, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 27% green and 18% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 32% yellow and 73% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Graphite and Dark Green — a ΔE of 15.5 — followed by Dark Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #392E44, 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 10.29:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.29:1).
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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 #39442E?
With the hex code #39442E, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 27% green and 18% blue, while a printer would mix 16% cyan, 0% magenta, 32% yellow and 73% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #39442E?
Use white text. White on #39442E has a contrast ratio of 10.29:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #39442E?
Its complementary colour is #392E44, and analogous partners are #44442E and #2E442E.