Forest green

#1e9836

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 #1e9836, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1e9836

RGB30, 152, 54

HSL132, 67%, 36%

HSV132, 80%, 60%

CMYK80%, 0%, 64%, 40%

Lab55.07, -52.55, 41.38

XYZ12.43, 23.0, 7.27

Decimal2005046

Web safe#339933

Pantone362 C

Shades of forest green

#1c8b32 #197f2d #177229 #146524 #125920 #0f4c1b #0d3f17 #0a3312 #08260e #051a09

Tints of forest green

#23b23f #28cc48 #3bd85a #55dd70 #6fe285 #88e89b #a2edb1 #bcf2c7 #d6f7dd #f0fcf2

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#981e80 Analogous#43981e Analogous#1e9873 Triadic#361e98 Triadic#98361e Split complementary#731e98 Split complementary#981e43

Forest green in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 80, 0, 64, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1e9836 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

80 0 64 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

78 4 63 46

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 #1e9836 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1e9836; }
.text { color: #1e9836; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1e9836; }

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 #1e9836 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1e9836 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 #1e9836 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 #1e9836 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 #1e9836 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.