#4B6047
Hunter Green · dark cool green
About #4B6047
#4B6047 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 29% red, 38% green and 28% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 10.5); Eucalyptus comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #5C4760 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4B6047 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.86:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.86:1).
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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 #4B6047?
#4B6047 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 29% red, 38% green and 28% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 22% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4B6047?
Use white text. White on #4B6047 has a contrast ratio of 6.86:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4B6047?
Its complementary colour is #5C4760, and analogous partners are #586047 and #47604F.