#3B4E33
Hunter Green · dark cool green
About #3B4E33
#3B4E33 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 23% red, 31% green and 20% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 35% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 11.0); Dark Green comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #46334E — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #3B4E33 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 9.04:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.04:1).
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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 #3B4E33?
#3B4E33 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 23% red, 31% green and 20% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 35% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #3B4E33?
Use white text. White on #3B4E33 has a contrast ratio of 9.04:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #3B4E33?
Its complementary colour is #46334E, and analogous partners are #494E33 and #334E39.