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#4E7151

Hunter Green · medium cool green

About #4E7151

#4E7151 is a muted, medium shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 44% green and 32% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 28% yellow and 56% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 8.9); Eucalyptus comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #714E6E — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #4E7151 for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.52:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.52:1).

Colour codes

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Red78
Green113
Blue81

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 8.9
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 12.8
Fern
#4F7942 · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #4E7151

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E7151.
5.52:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #4E7151.
3.80:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E7151 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E7151
Protanopia (no red cones)
#726B4F
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#6C6753
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4A6F68

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E7151?

#4E7151 is a muted, medium shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 44% green and 32% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 31% cyan, 0% magenta, 28% yellow and 56% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #4E7151?

Use white text. White on #4E7151 has a contrast ratio of 5.52:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #4E7151?

Its complementary colour is #714E6E, and analogous partners are #5D714E and #4E7162.