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#455F4E

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #455F4E

#455F4E is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 37% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 13.0); Eucalyptus comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5F4556 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #455F4E for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 7.00:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.00:1).

Colour codes

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Red69
Green95
Blue78

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 13.0
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 15.1
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 16.9

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

Text on #455F4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #455F4E.
7.00:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #455F4E.
3.00:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #455F4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#455F4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5F5B4D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5A584F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#415E5A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #455F4E?

#455F4E is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 37% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #455F4E?

Use white text. White on #455F4E has a contrast ratio of 7.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #455F4E?

Its complementary colour is #5F4556, and analogous partners are #495F45 and #455F5B.