Forest green

#2e893e

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for forest green, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Forest green, a soft green at 131 degrees. Deep greens like this read established and premium. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Forest green color values

Every conversion for #2e893e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2e893e

RGB46, 137, 62

HSL131, 50%, 36%

HSV131, 66%, 54%

CMYK66%, 0%, 55%, 46%

Lab50.48, -43.3, 32.22

XYZ10.94, 18.82, 7.61

Decimal3049790

Web safe#339933

Pantone363 C

Shades of forest green

#2a7e39 #267234 #23672f #1f5b29 #1b5024 #17451f #13391a #0f2e15 #0c2210 #08170a

Tints of forest green

#36a048 #3eb753 #50c464 #67cc79 #7ed48d #95dba1 #ace3b6 #c3ebca #daf3df #f2fbf3

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#892e79 Analogous#4c892e Analogous#2e896b Triadic#3e2e89 Triadic#893e2e Split complementary#6b2e89 Split complementary#892e4c

Forest green in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 66, 0, 55, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2e893e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 0 55 46

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 4 55 52

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Forest green in css

Copy #2e893e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2e893e; }
.text { color: #2e893e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2e893e; }

How forest green looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Forest green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #2e893e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2e893e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Forest green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #2e893e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around forest green? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn forest green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #2e893e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from forest green, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #2e893e are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.