Forest green

#4c8d1e

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

Forest green sits in the green range, deep and strong. 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 #4c8d1e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4c8d1e

RGB76, 141, 30

HSL95, 65%, 34%

HSV95, 79%, 55%

CMYK46%, 0%, 79%, 45%

Lab52.6, -39.79, 48.88

XYZ12.74, 20.68, 4.55

Decimal5016862

Web safe#339933

Pantone370 C

Shades of forest green

#46811c #407619 #396a17 #335f14 #2d5312 #27480f #203c0d #1a300a #142508 #0e1905

Tints of forest green

#5aa724 #69c229 #78d437 #8ada51 #9ce06c #aee586 #c0eba1 #d1f1bb #e3f6d6 #f5fcf0

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#5f1e8d Analogous#848d1e Analogous#1e8d27 Triadic#1e4c8d Triadic#8d1e4c Split complementary#271e8d Split complementary#8d1e84

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 46, 0, 79, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4c8d1e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 0 79 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 4 77 51

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 #4c8d1e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4c8d1e; }
.text { color: #4c8d1e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4c8d1e; }

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 #4c8d1e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4c8d1e 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 #4c8d1e 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 #4c8d1e 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 #4c8d1e is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.