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#59614C

Umber · dark cool green

About #59614C

#59614C is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 35% red, 38% green and 30% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 62% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is similar to Umber (ΔE 13.9), with Hunter Green the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #544C61 (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 6.48:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (6.48:1).

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Red89
Green97
Blue76

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 13.9
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 16.6
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 17.0

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

Text on #59614C

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #59614C.
6.48:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #59614C.
3.24:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #59614C appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#59614C
Protanopia (no red cones)
#645E4B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#625E4D
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#5A5F5B

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #59614C?

#59614C is a dark, muted green colour. Digitally that works out to 35% red, 38% green and 30% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 62% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #59614C?

Use white text. White on #59614C has a contrast ratio of 6.48:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #59614C?

Its complementary colour is #544C61, and analogous partners are #615F4C and #4E614C.