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#445B44

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #445B44

#445B44 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 36% green and 27% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 10.3); Eucalyptus comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5B445B — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #445B44 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.43:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.43:1).

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Red68
Green91
Blue68

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 10.3
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 17.5
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 19.4

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

Text on #445B44

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #445B44.
7.43:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #445B44.
2.83:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #445B44 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#445B44
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5C5743
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#585445
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#425A55

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #445B44?

#445B44 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 36% green and 27% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 64% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #445B44?

Use white text. White on #445B44 has a contrast ratio of 7.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #445B44?

Its complementary colour is #5B445B, and analogous partners are #505B44 and #445B50.