Forest green

#269429

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 122 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 #269429, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#269429

RGB38, 148, 41

HSL122, 59%, 36%

HSV122, 74%, 58%

CMYK74%, 0%, 72%, 42%

Lab53.76, -51.34, 45.57

XYZ11.79, 21.75, 5.68

Decimal2528297

Web safe#339933

Pantone363 C

Shades of forest green

#238826 #207b22 #1c6f1f #19631b #165618 #134a14 #103d11 #0d310e #09250a #061807

Tints of forest green

#2cac30 #33c536 #46d04a #5fd662 #77dc7a #8fe292 #a8e9a9 #c0efc1 #d8f5d9 #f1fbf1

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#942691 Analogous#5a9426 Analogous#269460 Triadic#292694 Triadic#942926 Split complementary#602694 Split complementary#94265a

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 74, 0, 72, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #269429 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

74 0 72 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

72 4 70 48

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 #269429 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #269429; }
.text { color: #269429; }
.border { border: 2px solid #269429; }

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 #269429 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #269429 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 #269429 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 #269429 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

Every value on this page for #269429 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.