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#465035

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #465035

#465035 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 31% green and 21% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 34% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 13.9); Umber comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #3F3550 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #465035 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.54:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.54:1).

Colour codes

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Red70
Green80
Blue53

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 13.9
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 16.7
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 19.6

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

Text on #465035

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #465035.
8.54:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #465035.
2.46:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #465035 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#465035
Protanopia (no red cones)
#534D33
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#524C36
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#484D49

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #465035?

#465035 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 27% red, 31% green and 21% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 34% yellow and 69% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #465035?

Use white text. White on #465035 has a contrast ratio of 8.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #465035?

Its complementary colour is #3F3550, and analogous partners are #504D35 and #395035.