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#616E4E

Hunter Green · medium cool green

About #616E4E

With the hex code #616E4E, this is a medium green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 38% red, 43% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% 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 14.4 — followed by Eucalyptus. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #5B4E6E, 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 5.46:1 (a WCAG AA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (5.46:1).

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Red97
Green110
Blue78

Closest named colours

Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 14.4
Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 15.4
Fern
#4F7942 · ΔE 17.6

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

Text on #616E4E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #616E4E.
5.46:1AA
Black heading text
Body copy set on hunter green #616E4E.
3.85:1AA Large

Colour-blindness preview

How #616E4E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#616E4E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#726A4C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#70694F
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#636B66

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #616E4E?

With the hex code #616E4E, this is a medium green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 38% red, 43% green and 31% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 29% yellow and 57% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #616E4E?

Use white text. White on #616E4E has a contrast ratio of 5.46:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #616E4E?

Its complementary colour is #5B4E6E, and analogous partners are #6E6B4E and #516E4E.