#405D41
Hunter Green · dark cool green
About #405D41
With the hex code #405D41, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 25% red, 36% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 30% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is very close to Hunter Green — a ΔE of 6.4 — followed by Bottle Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5D405C, 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 — 7.34:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.34:1).
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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 #405D41?
With the hex code #405D41, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 25% red, 36% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 30% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #405D41?
Use white text. White on #405D41 has a contrast ratio of 7.34:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #405D41?
Its complementary colour is #5D405C, and analogous partners are #4E5D40 and #405D50.