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#3D503E

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #3D503E

#3D503E is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 24% red, 31% green and 24% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 14.1); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #503D4F — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #3D503E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 8.69:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.69:1).

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Red61
Green80
Blue62

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 14.1
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 16.5
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 17.1

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

Text on #3D503E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #3D503E.
8.69:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #3D503E.
2.42:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #3D503E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#3D503E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#514C3D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4E4A3F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#3B4F4B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #3D503E?

#3D503E is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 24% red, 31% green and 24% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 24% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #3D503E?

Use white text. White on #3D503E has a contrast ratio of 8.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #3D503E?

Its complementary colour is #503D4F, and analogous partners are #46503D and #3D5048.