Forest green

#1b8e3f

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 #1b8e3f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1b8e3f

RGB27, 142, 63

HSL139, 68%, 33%

HSV139, 81%, 56%

CMYK81%, 0%, 56%, 44%

Lab51.77, -48.27, 33.18

XYZ11.02, 19.94, 7.97

Decimal1805887

Web safe#339933

Pantone363 C

Shades of forest green

#19823a #177735 #146b30 #125f2a #105425 #0e4820 #0c3d1b #093116 #072511 #051a0b

Tints of forest green

#20a94b #25c457 #32d866 #4ddd7a #68e28e #83e7a3 #9fedb7 #baf2cb #d5f7e0 #f0fcf4

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#8e1b6a Analogous#308e1b Analogous#1b8e79 Triadic#3f1b8e Triadic#8e3f1b Split complementary#791b8e Split complementary#8e1b30

Forest green in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 81, 0, 56, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1b8e3f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

81 0 56 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 4 56 50

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #1b8e3f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1b8e3f; }
.text { color: #1b8e3f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1b8e3f; }

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 #1b8e3f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1b8e3f 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 #1b8e3f 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 #1b8e3f 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 #1b8e3f are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.