Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Hunter Green

Hunter Green is a muted and earth tone green color with HEX #355E3B. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 53, 94, 59, HSL 129, 28%, 29%, cool temperature, and is useful for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design.

#355E3B green cool mutedearth-tone
HEX #355E3B
RGB rgb(53, 94, 59)
HSL hsl(129 28% 29%)
CMYK cmyk(44, 0, 37, 63)
Luminance 0.0908
Contrast Black 2.82:1White 7.46:1

CSS Utilities

--color-hunter-green: #355E3B;
.bg-hunter-green { background-color: #355E3B; }
.text-hunter-green { color: #355E3B; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0908
Black text2.82:1AA Fail
White text7.46:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    28,
    29
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  }
}
WCAG
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    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
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}
Harmonies
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    "#445F35",
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}
Variants
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  "pastel": "#7A997F",
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}
Pairings
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}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  ],
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    ],
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      "organic products"
    ],
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Color meaning and use

About Hunter Green Color

Hunter Green sits in the green family with cool temperature and muted and earth tone visual character. Hunter Green is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include nature, growth, and balance, which makes it relevant for wellness and outdoor brands. In design work, Hunter Green is most useful for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Muted colorsFind colors with muted visual character.Earth Tone colorsFind colors with earth tone visual character.Hunter Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #355E3B.Hunter Green CSS utilitiesUse Hunter Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#355E3B HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Hunter Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on Hunter Green.Hunter Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Hunter Green against black and white text.

Black text2.82:1AA Fail
White text7.46:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text options#FFFFFF
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Pine Needle#334D41
Dark Slate Gray#2F4F4F
Dark Slate Grey#2F4F4F
Spruce#2E4F4F
Moss Deep#4A5D23

Color Harmonies

#5F3558#5F3558
#445F35#445F35
#355F50#355F50
#3B355F#3B355F
#5F3B35#5F3B35
Open full Hunter Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#569960#569960
#142417#142417
#256F30#256F30
#464E47#464E47
#7A997F#7A997F
#00BD1C#00BD1C

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#5F3558#5F3558
#445F35#445F35
#355F50#355F50
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5