#596147
Hunter Green · dark cool green
About #596147
#596147 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 38% green and 28% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is somewhere between Hunter Green and Umber (ΔE 15.2); Umber comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #4F4761 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use dark tones like #596147 for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 6.51:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.51:1).
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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 #596147?
#596147 is a muted, dark shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 38% green and 28% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 62% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #596147?
Use white text. White on #596147 has a contrast ratio of 6.51:1 (AA).
›What colours go with #596147?
Its complementary colour is #4F4761, and analogous partners are #615C47 and #4C6147.