Forest green

#00a501

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. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Forest green color values

Every conversion for #00a501, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#00a501

RGB0, 165, 1

HSL120, 100%, 32%

HSV120, 100%, 65%

CMYK100%, 0%, 99%, 35%

Lab58.89, -62.19, 59.91

XYZ13.46, 26.91, 4.51

Decimal42241

Web safe#009900

Pantone362 C

Shades of forest green

#009801 #008a01 #007d01 #006f01 #006201 #005401 #004700 #003900 #002c00 #001f00

Tints of forest green

#00c601 #00e601 #08ff0a #29ff2a #4aff4b #6aff6b #8bff8c #acffac #ccffcd #edffed

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#a500a4 Analogous#51a500 Analogous#00a554 Triadic#0100a5 Triadic#a50100 Split complementary#5400a5 Split complementary#a50051

Forest green in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 100, 0, 99, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #00a501 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 0 99 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 4 95 41

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Forest green in css

Copy #00a501 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #00a501; }
.text { color: #00a501; }
.border { border: 2px solid #00a501; }

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 #00a501 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #00a501 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 #00a501 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 #00a501 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 #00a501 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.