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#596D4E

Hunter Green · medium cool green

About #596D4E

With the hex code #596D4E, this is a medium green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 43% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 28% yellow and 57% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Hunter Green — a ΔE of 11.8 — followed by Eucalyptus. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #624E6D, a eggplant shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. White text reads best on it at 5.64:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.64:1).

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Red89
Green109
Blue78

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 11.8
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 14.0
Fern
#4F7942 · ΔE 16.4

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

Text on #596D4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #596D4E.
5.64:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #596D4E.
3.72:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #596D4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#596D4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#70684C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#6C6750
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#596B65

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #596D4E?

With the hex code #596D4E, this is a medium green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 35% red, 43% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 18% cyan, 0% magenta, 28% yellow and 57% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #596D4E?

Use white text. White on #596D4E has a contrast ratio of 5.64:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #596D4E?

Its complementary colour is #624E6D, and analogous partners are #686D4E and #4E6D53.