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#4E714E

Hunter Green · medium cool green

About #4E714E

#4E714E is a moderately saturated, medium shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 44% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 56% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 8.5); Fern comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #714E71 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #4E714E for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 5.53:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.53:1).

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Red78
Green113
Blue78

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 8.5
Fern
#4F7942 · ΔE 11.8
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 14.2

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

Text on #4E714E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E714E.
5.53:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E714E.
3.80:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E714E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E714E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#726B4C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#6D6750
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4A6F68

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E714E?

#4E714E is a moderately saturated, medium shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 44% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 56% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #4E714E?

Use white text. White on #4E714E has a contrast ratio of 5.53:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E714E?

Its complementary colour is #714E71, and analogous partners are #60714E and #4E7160.