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#4E634C

Hunter Green · dark cool green

About #4E634C

#4E634C is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 39% green and 30% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 23% yellow and 61% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 11.7), with Eucalyptus the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #614C63 (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 6.54:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.54:1).

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Red78
Green99
Blue76

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 11.7
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 14.7
Umber
#635147 · ΔE 19.2

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

Text on #4E634C

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E634C.
6.54:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E634C.
3.21:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E634C appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E634C
Protanopia (no red cones)
#645F4B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#615D4D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4C615D

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E634C?

#4E634C is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 39% green and 30% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 23% yellow and 61% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #4E634C?

Use white text. White on #4E634C has a contrast ratio of 6.54:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E634C?

Its complementary colour is #614C63, and analogous partners are #5A634C and #4C6356.