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#3C4E33

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #3C4E33

With the hex code #3C4E33, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 24% red, 31% green and 20% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 35% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Hunter Green — a ΔE of 11.3 — followed by Dark Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #45334E, 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 — 9.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.01:1).

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Red60
Green78
Blue51

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 11.3
Dark Green
#013220 · ΔE 17.2
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 20.0

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

Text on #3C4E33

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #3C4E33.
9.01:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #3C4E33.
2.33:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #3C4E33 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#3C4E33
Protanopia (no red cones)
#504A31
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4D4834
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#3C4C47

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #3C4E33?

With the hex code #3C4E33, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 24% red, 31% green and 20% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 35% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #3C4E33?

Use white text. White on #3C4E33 has a contrast ratio of 9.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #3C4E33?

Its complementary colour is #45334E, and analogous partners are #4A4E33 and #334E37.