Forest green

#158931

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 #158931, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#158931

RGB21, 137, 49

HSL134, 73%, 31%

HSV134, 85%, 54%

CMYK85%, 0%, 64%, 46%

Lab49.82, -49.2, 37.74

XYZ9.81, 18.27, 5.92

Decimal1411377

Web safe#009933

Pantone363 C

Shades of forest green

#137e2d #127329 #106825 #0e5d21 #0d521d #0b4719 #093c15 #073111 #06260d #041b09

Tints of forest green

#19a63b #1ec346 #25de51 #42e268 #5fe67f #7ceb96 #99efae #b6f4c5 #d3f8dc #f0fdf3

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#89156d Analogous#338915 Analogous#15896b Triadic#311589 Triadic#893115 Split complementary#6b1589 Split complementary#891533

Forest green in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 85, 0, 64, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #158931 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

85 0 64 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

82 4 63 52

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 #158931 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #158931; }
.text { color: #158931; }
.border { border: 2px solid #158931; }

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 #158931 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #158931 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 #158931 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 #158931 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 #158931 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.