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#486352

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #486352

#486352 is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 28% red, 39% green and 32% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 61% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 13.2), with Eucalyptus the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #634859 (eggplant), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 6.60:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.60:1).

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Red72
Green99
Blue82

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 13.2
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 13.5
Dark Teal
#014D4E · ΔE 17.6

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

Text on #486352

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #486352.
6.60:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #486352.
3.18:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #486352 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#486352
Protanopia (no red cones)
#635F51
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5E5C53
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#43635E

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #486352?

#486352 is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 28% red, 39% green and 32% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 61% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #486352?

Use white text. White on #486352 has a contrast ratio of 6.60:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #486352?

Its complementary colour is #634859, and analogous partners are #4C6348 and #48635F.