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#586D4E

Hunter Green · medium cool green

About #586D4E

#586D4E is a muted, medium shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 43% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 28% yellow and 57% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 11.4); Eucalyptus comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #634E6D — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #586D4E for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 5.66:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.66:1).

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Red88
Green109
Blue78

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 11.4
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 13.9
Fern
#4F7942 · ΔE 16.2

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

Text on #586D4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #586D4E.
5.66:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #586D4E.
3.71:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #586D4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#586D4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#6F684C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#6C6650
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#586B65

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #586D4E?

#586D4E is a muted, medium shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 43% green and 31% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 19% cyan, 0% magenta, 28% yellow and 57% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #586D4E?

Use white text. White on #586D4E has a contrast ratio of 5.66:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #586D4E?

Its complementary colour is #634E6D, and analogous partners are #686D4E and #4E6D54.