#396243
Hunter Green · dark cool green
About #396243
With the hex code #396243, this is a dark green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 38% green and 26% blue, while a printer would mix 42% cyan, 0% magenta, 32% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Hunter Green — a ΔE of 3.1 — followed by Bottle Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #623958, a eggplant shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 7.00:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.00:1).
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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 #396243?
With the hex code #396243, this is a dark green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 22% red, 38% green and 26% blue, while a printer would mix 42% cyan, 0% magenta, 32% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #396243?
Use white text. White on #396243 has a contrast ratio of 7.00:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #396243?
Its complementary colour is #623958, and analogous partners are #446239 and #396258.