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#5A7253

Hunter Green · medium cool green

About #5A7253

#5A7253 is a muted, medium shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 45% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 55% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Hunter Green (ΔE 12.0); Eucalyptus comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #6B5372 — a eggplant tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use medium tones like #5A7253 for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.29:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.29:1).

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Red90
Green114
Blue83

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 12.0
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 12.3
Fern
#4F7942 · ΔE 15.5

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

Text on #5A7253

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #5A7253.
5.29:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #5A7253.
3.97:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #5A7253 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#5A7253
Protanopia (no red cones)
#746D51
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#706B55
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#59706A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #5A7253?

#5A7253 is a muted, medium shade in the green family. On screen it is built from 35% red, 45% green and 33% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 55% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #5A7253?

Use white text. White on #5A7253 has a contrast ratio of 5.29:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #5A7253?

Its complementary colour is #6B5372, and analogous partners are #6A7253 and #53725C.