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#4E714B

Hunter Green · medium cool green

About #4E714B

#4E714B is a moderately saturated, medium shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 44% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 34% yellow and 56% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 8.4); Fern comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #6E4B71 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #4E714B for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.54:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.54:1).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green113
Blue75

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 8.4
Fern
#4F7942 · ΔE 10.2
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 15.7

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

Text on #4E714B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E714B.
5.54:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E714B.
3.79:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E714B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E714B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#736A49
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#6D674D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4B6F67

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E714B?

#4E714B is a moderately saturated, medium shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 44% green and 29% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 34% yellow and 56% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #4E714B?

Use white text. White on #4E714B has a contrast ratio of 5.54:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E714B?

Its complementary colour is #6E4B71, and analogous partners are #61714B and #4B715B.