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#445B4E

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #445B4E

With the hex code #445B4E, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 27% red, 36% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Hunter Green and Dark Teal — a ΔE of 15.6 — followed by Dark Teal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5B4451, a eggplant shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.36:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.36:1).

Colour codes

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Red68
Green91
Blue78

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 15.6
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 15.6
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 16.7

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

Text on #445B4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #445B4E.
7.36:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #445B4E.
2.85:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #445B4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#445B4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5A574D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#56554F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#405B57

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #445B4E?

With the hex code #445B4E, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 27% red, 36% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 25% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #445B4E?

Use white text. White on #445B4E has a contrast ratio of 7.36:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #445B4E?

Its complementary colour is #5B4451, and analogous partners are #465B44 and #445B5A.