Nearest-color comparison

Terre Verte vs Hunter Green

Terre Verte and Hunter Green are different green colors with HEX values #385E0F and #355E3B. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 44.1, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Terre Verte and Hunter Green are visually related colors. Hunter Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Terre Verte#385E0F

Hunter Green#355E3B

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Terre Verte and Hunter Green across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance44.1

Pair contrast1.01:1

Luminance delta0.002

Hue delta40 deg

Lighter colorHunter Green

More saturatedTerre Verte

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Terre Verte

Terre Verte is #385E0F, a cool green color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Hunter Green, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#385E0F RGB56, 94, 15 HSL89, 72, 21 CMYK40, 0, 84, 63 Luminance0.0888 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Hunter Green

Hunter Green is #355E3B, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Terre Verte, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with white text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#355E3B RGB53, 94, 59 HSL129, 28, 29 CMYK44, 0, 37, 63 Luminance0.0908 Best textwhite text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Terre Verte or Hunter Green

Choose Terre VerteTerre Verte is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #385E0F.

Choose Hunter GreenHunter Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #355E3B.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyTerre VerteHunter Green

HEX#385E0F#355E3B

RGB56, 94, 1553, 94, 59

HSL89, 72, 21129, 28, 29

CMYK40, 0, 84, 6344, 0, 37, 63

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneDark, Jewel ToneMuted, Earth Tone

Luminance0.08880.0908

Black contrast2.78:12.82:1

White contrast7.56:17.46:1

Shared tonesNone

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Terre Vertewhite text - 7.56:1

Hunter Greenwhite text - 7.46:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Terre Verte#385E0F

Hunter Green#355E3B

#66AB1C#66AB1C

#569960#569960

#340F5C#340F5C

#5F3558#5F3558

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    "slug": "terre-verte",
    "name": "Terre Verte",
    "hex": "#385E0F",
    "rgb": [
      56,
      94,
      15
    ],
    "hsl": [
      89,
      72,
      21
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      40,
      0,
      84,
      63
    ],
    "family": "green",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "dark",
      "jewel-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.0888,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 2.78,
      "white": 7.56
    },
    "wcag": {
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        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#FFFFFF"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 7.56
    },
    "description": "Terre Verte is #385E0F, a cool green color with dark and jewel tone character. Compared with Hunter Green, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/terre-verte/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/terre-verte.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "hunter-green",
    "name": "Hunter Green",
    "hex": "#355E3B",
    "rgb": [
      53,
      94,
      59
    ],
    "hsl": [
      129,
      28,
      29
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      44,
      0,
      37,
      63
    ],
    "family": "green",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "muted",
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.0908,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 2.82,
      "white": 7.46
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#FFFFFF"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 7.46
    },
    "description": "Hunter Green is #355E3B, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Terre Verte, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with white text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/hunter-green/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/hunter-green.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 44.1,
  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 40,
    "saturation": 44,
    "lightness": 8
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.002,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [],
  "lighterColor": "Hunter Green",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Terre Verte"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.01,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Terre Verte",
      "background": "#385E0F",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 7.56
    },
    {
      "color": "Hunter Green",
      "background": "#355E3B",
      "foreground": "#FFFFFF",
      "label": "white text",
      "ratio": 7.46
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Terre Verte is better when the design needs dark and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #385E0F.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Hunter Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #355E3B.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/terre-verte-vs-hunter-green.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/terre-verte.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/hunter-green.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "summary": "Terre Verte and Hunter Green are different green colors with HEX values #385E0F and #355E3B. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 44.1, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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