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#465F4E

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #465F4E

With the hex code #465F4E, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 27% red, 37% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 63% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Hunter Green — a ΔE of 13.2 — followed by Eucalyptus. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5F4657, 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 6.98:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.98:1).

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Red70
Green95
Blue78

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 13.2
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 15.1
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 17.2

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

Text on #465F4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #465F4E.
6.98:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #465F4E.
3.01:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #465F4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#465F4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#5F5B4D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5B584F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#425E5A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #465F4E?

With the hex code #465F4E, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 27% red, 37% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 26% cyan, 0% magenta, 18% yellow and 63% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #465F4E?

Use white text. White on #465F4E has a contrast ratio of 6.98:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #465F4E?

Its complementary colour is #5F4657, and analogous partners are #4A5F46 and #465F5A.