#475B4E
Hunter Green · dark cool green
About #475B4E
With the hex code #475B4E, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 28% red, 36% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 22% 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 16.2 — followed by Dark Teal. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5B4754, 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 7.31:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (7.31:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #475B4E?
With the hex code #475B4E, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 28% red, 36% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 64% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #475B4E?
Use white text. White on #475B4E has a contrast ratio of 7.31:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #475B4E?
Its complementary colour is #5B4754, and analogous partners are #4A5B47 and #475B58.