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#415E49

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #415E49

#415E49 is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 25% red, 37% green and 29% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 63% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 10.1), with Eucalyptus the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #5E4156 (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 — 7.19:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.19:1).

Colour codes

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Red65
Green94
Blue73

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 10.1
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 15.9
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 17.6

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

Text on #415E49

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #415E49.
7.19:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #415E49.
2.92:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #415E49 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#415E49
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5E5948
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#59564A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#3C5D58

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #415E49?

#415E49 is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 25% red, 37% green and 29% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 63% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #415E49?

Use white text. White on #415E49 has a contrast ratio of 7.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #415E49?

Its complementary colour is #5E4156, and analogous partners are #485E41 and #415E58.