Forest green

#00a03f

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 weighty. 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 #00a03f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#00a03f

RGB0, 160, 63

HSL144, 100%, 31%

HSV144, 100%, 63%

CMYK100%, 0%, 61%, 37%

Lab57.56, -56.4, 39.98

XYZ13.47, 25.5, 8.91

Decimal41023

Web safe#009933

Pantone355 C

Shades of forest green

#00933a #008635 #007930 #006c2b #005f26 #005220 #00451b #003816 #002c11 #001f0c

Tints of forest green

#00c14c #00e259 #05ff67 #26ff7b #47ff8f #68ffa4 #8affb8 #abffcc #ccffe0 #edfff4

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#a00061 Analogous#11a000 Analogous#00a08f Triadic#3f00a0 Triadic#a03f00 Split complementary#8f00a0 Split complementary#a00011

Forest green in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 100, 0, 61, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #00a03f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 0 61 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 4 60 43

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Forest green in css

Copy #00a03f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #00a03f; }
.text { color: #00a03f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #00a03f; }

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 #00a03f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #00a03f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Forest green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #00a03f 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn forest green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #00a03f 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

The figures for #00a03f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.