Forest green

#3e9502

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

This is Forest green, a vivid green at 96 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 #3e9502, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3e9502

RGB62, 149, 2

HSL96, 97%, 30%

HSV96, 99%, 58%

CMYK58%, 0%, 99%, 42%

Lab54.58, -48.3, 56.71

XYZ12.75, 22.52, 3.73

Decimal4101378

Web safe#339900

Pantone370 C

Shades of forest green

#398902 #347d02 #2f7102 #2a6501 #255a01 #204e01 #1b4201 #163601 #122a01 #0d1e00

Tints of forest green

#4cb702 #5ad803 #68fa03 #90fd45 #a4fd67 #b8fd88 #ccfeaa #e0fecc #f4ffed

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#590295 Analogous#889502 Analogous#029510 Triadic#023e95 Triadic#95023e Split complementary#100295 Split complementary#950287

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 58, 0, 99, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3e9502 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 0 99 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 4 95 48

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 #3e9502 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3e9502; }
.text { color: #3e9502; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3e9502; }

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 #3e9502 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3e9502 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 #3e9502 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 #3e9502 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 #3e9502 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.