Forest green

#2ea42e

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for forest green, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Forest green is a deep green that feels serious. 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 #2ea42e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2ea42e

RGB46, 164, 46

HSL120, 56%, 41%

HSV120, 72%, 64%

CMYK72%, 0%, 72%, 36%

Lab59.28, -54.9, 49.38

XYZ14.9, 27.33, 7.07

Decimal3056686

Web safe#339933

Pantone362 C

Shades of forest green

#2a962a #268826 #227a22 #1e6c1e #1a5e1a #165016 #124212 #0f340f #0b260b #071807

Tints of forest green

#34ba34 #41ca41 #57d057 #6dd66d #83dc83 #99e299 #afe9af #c5efc5 #dbf5db #f1fbf1

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#a42ea4 Analogous#69a42e Analogous#2ea469 Triadic#2e2ea4 Triadic#a42e2e Split complementary#692ea4 Split complementary#a42e69

Forest green in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 72, 0, 72, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2ea42e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 0 72 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 4 70 42

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 #2ea42e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2ea42e; }
.text { color: #2ea42e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2ea42e; }

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 #2ea42e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2ea42e 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 #2ea42e 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 #2ea42e 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 #2ea42e is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.