Forest green

#4f8a2f

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 soft. 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 #4f8a2f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4f8a2f

RGB79, 138, 47

HSL99, 49%, 36%

HSV99, 66%, 54%

CMYK43%, 0%, 66%, 46%

Lab51.89, -36.16, 41.44

XYZ12.83, 20.04, 5.88

Decimal5212719

Web safe#669933

Pantone363 C

Shades of forest green

#487e2b #427327 #3b6723 #355c1f #2e501b #274517 #213914 #1a2e10 #14220c #0d1708

Tints of forest green

#5ca137 #69b83f #7ac451 #8bcc68 #9dd37f #aedb96 #c0e3ad #d2ebc4 #e3f3db #f5faf2

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#6a2f8a Analogous#7d8a2f Analogous#2f8a3c Triadic#2f4f8a Triadic#8a2f4f Split complementary#3c2f8a Split complementary#8a2f7d

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 43, 0, 66, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4f8a2f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 0 66 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 4 65 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 #4f8a2f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4f8a2f; }
.text { color: #4f8a2f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4f8a2f; }

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 #4f8a2f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4f8a2f 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 #4f8a2f 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 #4f8a2f 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 #4f8a2f are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.