Forest green

#3a8a2a

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

Forest green is a deep green that feels serious. Deep greens like this read established and premium. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Forest green color values

Every conversion for #3a8a2a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3a8a2a

RGB58, 138, 42

HSL110, 53%, 35%

HSV110, 70%, 54%

CMYK58%, 0%, 70%, 46%

Lab50.97, -43.16, 42.39

XYZ11.25, 19.24, 5.31

Decimal3836458

Web safe#339933

Pantone363 C

Shades of forest green

#357f27 #307323 #2c6820 #275c1c #225119 #1d4515 #183a12 #132e0e #0f230b #0a1707

Tints of forest green

#44a231 #4eba39 #5fc84a #74cf62 #89d67a #9ede92 #b3e5aa #c9ecc1 #def4d9 #f3fbf1

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#7a2a8a Analogous#6a8a2a Analogous#2a8a4a Triadic#2a3a8a Triadic#8a2a3a Split complementary#4a2a8a Split complementary#8a2a6a

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 58, 0, 70, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3a8a2a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 0 70 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 4 68 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 #3a8a2a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3a8a2a; }
.text { color: #3a8a2a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3a8a2a; }

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 #3a8a2a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3a8a2a 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 #3a8a2a 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 #3a8a2a 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

Every value on this page for #3a8a2a is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.