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#3A4E37

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #3A4E37

#3A4E37 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 23% red, 31% green and 22% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 12.0); Dark Green comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4B374E — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #3A4E37 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.03:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.03:1).

Colour codes

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Red58
Green78
Blue55

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 12.0
Dark Green
#013220 · ΔE 16.3
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 18.7

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

Text on #3A4E37

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #3A4E37.
9.03:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #3A4E37.
2.32:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #3A4E37 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#3A4E37
Protanopia (no red cones)
#4F4A36
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4C4838
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#394C48

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #3A4E37?

#3A4E37 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 23% red, 31% green and 22% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #3A4E37?

Use white text. White on #3A4E37 has a contrast ratio of 9.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #3A4E37?

Its complementary colour is #4B374E, and analogous partners are #464E37 and #374E40.