Forest green

#398f44

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

This is Forest green, a soft green at 128 degrees. 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 #398f44, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#398f44

RGB57, 143, 68

HSL128, 43%, 39%

HSV128, 60%, 56%

CMYK60%, 0%, 52%, 44%

Lab52.88, -42.25, 32.12

XYZ12.55, 20.93, 8.85

Decimal3772228

Web safe#339933

Pantone363 C

Shades of forest green

#34833e #2f7738 #2b6b33 #265f2d #215227 #1c4621 #173a1c #122e16 #0e2210 #09160a

Tints of forest green

#41a44e #4bb759 #60c06c #75c880 #8ad093 #9fd9a6 #b4e1b9 #c8e9cd #ddf2e0 #f2faf3

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#8f3984 Analogous#598f39 Analogous#398f6f Triadic#44398f Triadic#8f4439 Split complementary#6f398f Split complementary#8f3959

Forest green in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 60, 0, 52, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #398f44 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

60 0 52 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

59 4 52 50

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 #398f44 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #398f44; }
.text { color: #398f44; }
.border { border: 2px solid #398f44; }

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 #398f44 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #398f44 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 #398f44 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 #398f44 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 #398f44 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.