Forest green

#239b49

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 139 degrees. 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 #239b49, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#239b49

RGB35, 155, 73

HSL139, 63%, 37%

HSV139, 77%, 61%

CMYK77%, 0%, 53%, 39%

Lab56.37, -50.3, 33.73

XYZ13.62, 24.28, 10.27

Decimal2333513

Web safe#339933

Pantone355 C

Shades of forest green

#208e43 #1d813d #1a7437 #176731 #145a2a #114d24 #0e401e #0c3318 #092612 #06190c

Tints of forest green

#29b455 #2ecc60 #44d572 #5dda84 #75e097 #8ee5aa #a6ebbc #bff1cf #d8f6e1 #f0fcf4

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#9b2375 Analogous#399b23 Analogous#239b85 Triadic#49239b Triadic#9b4923 Split complementary#85239b Split complementary#9b2339

Forest green in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 77, 0, 53, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #239b49 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

77 0 53 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

75 4 53 45

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 #239b49 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #239b49; }
.text { color: #239b49; }
.border { border: 2px solid #239b49; }

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 #239b49 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #239b49 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 #239b49 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 #239b49 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 #239b49 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.