#565E41
Hunter Green · dark cool green
About #565E41
#565E41 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 34% red, 37% green and 25% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 14.3); Umber comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #49415E — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #565E41 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.83:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.83:1).
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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 #565E41?
#565E41 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 34% red, 37% green and 25% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 31% yellow and 63% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #565E41?
Use white text. White on #565E41 has a contrast ratio of 6.83:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #565E41?
Its complementary colour is #49415E, and analogous partners are #5E5841 and #485E41.