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#3C4E37

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #3C4E37

#3C4E37 is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 24% red, 31% green and 22% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 12.5), with Dark Green the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #49374E (eggplant), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.99:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.99:1).

Colour codes

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Red60
Green78
Blue55

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 12.5
Dark Green
#013220 · ΔE 16.9
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 18.3

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

Text on #3C4E37

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #3C4E37.
8.99:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #3C4E37.
2.34:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #3C4E37 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#3C4E37
Protanopia (no red cones)
#504A36
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4D4838
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#3B4C48

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #3C4E37?

#3C4E37 is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 24% red, 31% green and 22% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #3C4E37?

Use white text. White on #3C4E37 has a contrast ratio of 8.99:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #3C4E37?

Its complementary colour is #49374E, and analogous partners are #484E37 and #374E3E.