#4E6350
Hunter Green · dark cool gray
About #4E6350
#4E6350 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 39% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 61% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 13.5); Eucalyptus comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #634E61 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E6350 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 6.51:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.51:1).
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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 #4E6350?
#4E6350 is a muted, dark shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 39% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 19% yellow and 61% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #4E6350?
Use white text. White on #4E6350 has a contrast ratio of 6.51:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #4E6350?
Its complementary colour is #634E61, and analogous partners are #57634E and #4E635A.