Forest green

#2c9321

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 114 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 #2c9321, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2c9321

RGB44, 147, 33

HSL114, 63%, 35%

HSV114, 78%, 58%

CMYK70%, 0%, 78%, 42%

Lab53.51, -50.54, 48.35

XYZ11.75, 21.51, 4.97

Decimal2921249

Web safe#339933

Pantone363 C

Shades of forest green

#28871e #257b1c #216e19 #1d6216 #1a5613 #164a11 #123e0e #0f310b #0b2508 #071906

Tints of forest green

#34ac27 #3bc62c #4cd43e #64d957 #7cdf71 #93e58a #abeba4 #c2f0bd #daf6d7 #f2fcf0

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#882193 Analogous#659321 Analogous#21934f Triadic#212c93 Triadic#93212c Split complementary#4f2193 Split complementary#932165

Forest green in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 70, 0, 78, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2c9321 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

70 0 78 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

68 4 76 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 #2c9321 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2c9321; }
.text { color: #2c9321; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2c9321; }

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 #2c9321 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2c9321 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 #2c9321 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 #2c9321 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 #2c9321 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.