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#4E6B53

Hunter Green · medium cool green

About #4E6B53

#4E6B53 is a medium, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 42% green and 33% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 58% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 10.8), with Eucalyptus the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #6B4E66 (eggplant), its complementary partner.

Because it is medium, it is most useful for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.91:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.91:1).

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Red78
Green107
Blue83

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 10.8
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 11.5
Bottle Green
#006A4E · ΔE 18.1

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

Text on #4E6B53

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E6B53.
5.91:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E6B53.
3.55:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E6B53 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E6B53
Protanopia (no red cones)
#6C6652
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#676354
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4A6A64

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E6B53?

#4E6B53 is a medium, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 31% red, 42% green and 33% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 27% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 58% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #4E6B53?

Use white text. White on #4E6B53 has a contrast ratio of 5.91:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E6B53?

Its complementary colour is #6B4E66, and analogous partners are #586B4E and #4E6B62.