Forest green

#199e2f

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

This is Forest green, a strong green at 130 degrees. 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 #199e2f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#199e2f

RGB25, 158, 47

HSL130, 73%, 36%

HSV130, 84%, 62%

CMYK84%, 0%, 70%, 38%

Lab56.94, -55.87, 46.43

XYZ13.14, 24.87, 6.8

Decimal1678895

Web safe#009933

Pantone362 C

Shades of forest green

#17912b #158427 #137723 #11691f #0f5c1b #0d4f18 #0a4214 #083510 #06280c #041a08

Tints of forest green

#1db937 #21d33f #35df51 #4fe368 #6ae77f #85ec96 #a0f0ad #baf4c4 #d5f8db #f0fdf2

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#9e1988 Analogous#469e19 Analogous#199e71 Triadic#2f199e Triadic#9e2f19 Split complementary#71199e Split complementary#9e1945

Forest green in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 84, 0, 70, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #199e2f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

84 0 70 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

81 4 68 44

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 #199e2f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #199e2f; }
.text { color: #199e2f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #199e2f; }

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 #199e2f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #199e2f 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 #199e2f 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 #199e2f 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 #199e2f are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.