#427C2C

A dark, moderate green closely aligning with Darkgreen.

About #427C2C

Visually, #427C2C is defined as a moderate green. Designers often compare it to the standard color Darkgreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 66, 124, and 44.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 47% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 103.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Because it is a dark color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#427C2C
RGB66, 124, 44
HSL103.5°, 47.6%, 32.9%
CMYK47%, 0%, 65%, 51%
HSV103.5°, 64.5%, 48.6%
LAB46.7, -34.7, 36.9
XYZ9.9, 15.8, 4.9
Decimal4357164

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.06:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA
4.15:1
Text on #000000
AA Large
4.84:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA
3.53:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #427C2C; }
.text-color { color: #427C2C; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #427C2C; }

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