Forest green

#3e8038

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 115 degrees. 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 #3e8038, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3e8038

RGB62, 128, 56

HSL115, 39%, 36%

HSV115, 56%, 50%

CMYK52%, 0%, 56%, 50%

Lab47.94, -36.31, 32.38

XYZ10.42, 16.75, 6.42

Decimal4096056

Web safe#339933

Pantone364 C

Shades of forest green

#397533 #346b2f #2e602a #295525 #244b21 #1f401c #1a3517 #152b13 #0f200e #0a1509

Tints of forest green

#489541 #53ab4b #64b85d #79c172 #8dcb87 #a1d49d #b6ddb2 #cae7c8 #dff0dd #f3faf3

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#7a3880 Analogous#628038 Analogous#388056 Triadic#383e80 Triadic#80383e Split complementary#563880 Split complementary#803862

Forest green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 52, 0, 56, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3e8038 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

52 0 56 50

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

52 4 56 56

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 #3e8038 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3e8038; }
.text { color: #3e8038; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3e8038; }

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 #3e8038 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3e8038 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 #3e8038 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 #3e8038 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 #3e8038 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.