Forest green

#3b9e04

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 vivid. 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 #3b9e04, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b9e04

RGB59, 158, 4

HSL99, 95%, 32%

HSV99, 97%, 62%

CMYK63%, 0%, 97%, 38%

Lab57.46, -52.23, 58.67

XYZ14.05, 25.39, 4.28

Decimal3907076

Web safe#339900

Pantone362 C

Shades of forest green

#369104 #318403 #2d7803 #286b03 #235e02 #1e5102 #1a4402 #153701 #102b01 #0b1e01

Tints of forest green

#47be05 #53de06 #61f90c #8bfa4d #a0fb6d #b5fc8d #cafdad #dffecd #f4ffee

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#67049e Analogous#889e04 Analogous#049e1a Triadic#043b9e Triadic#9e043b Split complementary#1a049e Split complementary#9e0488

Forest green in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 63, 0, 97, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b9e04 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

63 0 97 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

62 4 93 44

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Forest green in css

Copy #3b9e04 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b9e04; }
.text { color: #3b9e04; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b9e04; }

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 #3b9e04 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b9e04 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 #3b9e04 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 #3b9e04 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 #3b9e04 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.