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#5B7253

Hunter Green · medium cool green

About #5B7253

With the hex code #5B7253, this is a medium green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 36% red, 45% green and 33% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 55% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Hunter Green — a ΔE of 12.3 — followed by Eucalyptus. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #6A5372, a eggplant shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put white text on top of it — 5.28:1, a WCAG AA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.28:1).

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Red91
Green114
Blue83

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 12.3
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 12.4
Fern
#4F7942 · ΔE 15.7

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

Text on #5B7253

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #5B7253.
5.28:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #5B7253.
3.98:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #5B7253 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#5B7253
Protanopia (no red cones)
#746D51
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#706B55
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#5A706A

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #5B7253?

With the hex code #5B7253, this is a medium green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 36% red, 45% green and 33% blue, while a printer would mix 20% cyan, 0% magenta, 27% yellow and 55% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #5B7253?

Use white text. White on #5B7253 has a contrast ratio of 5.28:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #5B7253?

Its complementary colour is #6A5372, and analogous partners are #6B7253 and #53725B.