Forest green

#1aa212

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 vivid. 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 #1aa212, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1aa212

RGB26, 162, 18

HSL117, 80%, 35%

HSV117, 89%, 64%

CMYK84%, 0%, 89%, 36%

Lab58.14, -58.96, 56.67

XYZ13.46, 26.1, 4.9

Decimal1745426

Web safe#339900

Pantone362 C

Shades of forest green

#189511 #16870f #147a0e #116c0c #0f5f0b #0d5109 #0b4408 #093606 #072905 #041c03

Tints of forest green

#1fbe15 #23da18 #35e72a #4fea46 #6aee62 #85f17f #a0f49b #baf7b7 #d5fad3 #f0fdef

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#9a12a2 Analogous#62a212 Analogous#12a252 Triadic#121aa2 Triadic#a2121a Split complementary#5212a2 Split complementary#a21262

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 84, 0, 89, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1aa212 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

84 0 89 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

81 4 86 42

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 #1aa212 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1aa212; }
.text { color: #1aa212; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1aa212; }

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 #1aa212 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1aa212 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 #1aa212 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 #1aa212 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 #1aa212 are worked out. 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.