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#4E5F4A

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #4E5F4A

#4E5F4A is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 37% green and 29% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 63% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 13.3), with Eucalyptus the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #5B4A5F (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 6.86:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.86:1).

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Red78
Green95
Blue74

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 13.3
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 16.2
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 17.0

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

Text on #4E5F4A

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E5F4A.
6.86:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E5F4A.
3.06:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E5F4A appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E5F4A
Protanopia (no red cones)
#605B49
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#5E5A4B
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4D5D59

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E5F4A?

#4E5F4A is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 37% green and 29% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 63% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #4E5F4A?

Use white text. White on #4E5F4A has a contrast ratio of 6.86:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E5F4A?

Its complementary colour is #5B4A5F, and analogous partners are #595F4A and #4A5F51.