Forest green

#2d9f1a

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 #2d9f1a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2d9f1a

RGB45, 159, 26

HSL111, 72%, 36%

HSV111, 84%, 62%

CMYK72%, 0%, 84%, 38%

Lab57.49, -54.82, 54.31

XYZ13.67, 25.43, 5.17

Decimal2989850

Web safe#339933

Pantone362 C

Shades of forest green

#299218 #258416 #227713 #1e6a11 #1a5d0f #164f0d #13420b #0f3509 #0b2806 #071a04

Tints of forest green

#34b91e #3cd423 #4fde37 #66e351 #7de76c #95eb86 #acf0a0 #c3f4bb #daf8d5 #f1fcf0

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#8c1a9f Analogous#6f9f1a Analogous#1a9f4a Triadic#1a2d9f Triadic#9f1a2d Split complementary#4a1a9f Split complementary#9f1a6f

Forest green in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 72, 0, 84, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2d9f1a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 0 84 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 4 81 44

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Forest green in css

Copy #2d9f1a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2d9f1a; }
.text { color: #2d9f1a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2d9f1a; }

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 #2d9f1a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2d9f1a 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 #2d9f1a 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 #2d9f1a 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

Here is how the numbers for #2d9f1a are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.