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#424B39

Graphite · dark cool green

About #424B39

With the hex code #424B39, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 26% red, 29% green and 22% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 24% yellow and 71% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Graphite — a ΔE of 14.0 — followed by Umber. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #42394B, a charcoal 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 — 9.14:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.14:1).

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Red66
Green75
Blue57

Closest named colours

Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 14.0
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 14.3
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 17.4

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

Text on #424B39

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on graphite #424B39.
9.14:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on graphite #424B39.
2.30:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #424B39 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#424B39
Protanopia (no red cones)
#4D4838
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#4B483A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#434946

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #424B39?

With the hex code #424B39, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 26% red, 29% green and 22% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 24% yellow and 71% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #424B39?

Use white text. White on #424B39 has a contrast ratio of 9.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #424B39?

Its complementary colour is #42394B, and analogous partners are #4B4B39 and #394B39.