#4E6147
Hunter Green · dark cool green
About #4E6147
With the hex code #4E6147, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 38% green and 28% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is similar to Hunter Green — a ΔE of 10.9 — followed by Eucalyptus. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5A4761, a eggplant shade.
In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.72:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.72:1).
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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 #4E6147?
With the hex code #4E6147, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 38% green and 28% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 62% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #4E6147?
Use white text. White on #4E6147 has a contrast ratio of 6.72:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4E6147?
Its complementary colour is #5A4761, and analogous partners are #5B6147 and #47614D.