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#565E46

Umber · dark cool green

About #565E46

#565E46 is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 34% red, 37% green and 27% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 63% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Umber (ΔE 14.5), with Hunter Green the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #4E465E (eggplant), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 6.81:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.81:1).

Colour codes

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Red86
Green94
Blue70

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 14.5
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 15.4
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 18.5

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

Text on #565E46

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #565E46.
6.81:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #565E46.
3.09:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #565E46 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#565E46
Protanopia (no red cones)
#615B45
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#605B47
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#585C57

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #565E46?

#565E46 is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 34% red, 37% green and 27% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 26% yellow and 63% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #565E46?

Use white text. White on #565E46 has a contrast ratio of 6.81:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #565E46?

Its complementary colour is #4E465E, and analogous partners are #5E5A46 and #4A5E46.