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#577143

Fern · medium cool green

About #577143

With the hex code #577143, this is a medium green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 34% red, 44% green and 26% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 41% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Fern — a ΔE of 8.2 — followed by Hunter Green. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5D4371, a eggplant shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.46:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.46:1).

Colour codes

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Red87
Green113
Blue67

Closest named colours

Fern
#4F7942 · ΔE 8.2
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 11.6
Moss
#8A9A5B · ΔE 18.7

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

Text on #577143

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on fern #577143.
5.46:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on fern #577143.
3.85:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #577143 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#577143
Protanopia (no red cones)
#756B40
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#716945
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#586E66

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #577143?

With the hex code #577143, this is a medium green with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 34% red, 44% green and 26% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 41% yellow and 56% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #577143?

Use white text. White on #577143 has a contrast ratio of 5.46:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #577143?

Its complementary colour is #5D4371, and analogous partners are #6E7143 and #437146.