Forest green

#2a9518

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 #2a9518, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2a9518

RGB42, 149, 24

HSL111, 72%, 34%

HSV111, 84%, 58%

CMYK72%, 0%, 84%, 42%

Lab54.08, -52.18, 51.71

XYZ11.87, 22.05, 4.5

Decimal2790680

Web safe#339900

Pantone362 C

Shades of forest green

#278916 #237c14 #207012 #1c6410 #19580e #154b0c #123f0a #0e3308 #0b2706 #071a04

Tints of forest green

#32b01c #39cc21 #48de2f #60e24b #79e666 #91eb82 #a9ef9d #c1f4b9 #d9f8d4 #f1fdf0

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#831895 Analogous#689518 Analogous#189545 Triadic#182a95 Triadic#95182a Split complementary#451895 Split complementary#951868

Forest green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 72, 0, 84, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2a9518 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 0 84 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 4 81 48

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 #2a9518 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2a9518; }
.text { color: #2a9518; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2a9518; }

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 #2a9518 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2a9518 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 #2a9518 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 #2a9518 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 #2a9518 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.