Forest green

#40a621

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

This is Forest green, a strong green at 106 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 #40a621, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#40a621

RGB64, 166, 33

HSL106, 67%, 39%

HSV106, 80%, 65%

CMYK61%, 0%, 80%, 35%

Lab60.31, -52.71, 55.09

XYZ16.03, 28.47, 6.09

Decimal4236833

Web safe#339933

Pantone369 C

Shades of forest green

#3b981e #358a1b #307c19 #2a6e16 #256013 #205210 #1a440d #15360b #0f2808 #0a1a05

Tints of forest green

#49be26 #54d52c #68da45 #7cdf5d #8fe476 #a3e98e #b7eda7 #cbf2bf #dff7d8 #f3fcf0

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#8721a6 Analogous#82a621 Analogous#21a645 Triadic#2140a6 Triadic#a62140 Split complementary#4421a6 Split complementary#a62182

Forest green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 61, 0, 80, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #40a621 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 0 80 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 4 78 41

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

Forest green in css

Copy #40a621 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #40a621; }
.text { color: #40a621; }
.border { border: 2px solid #40a621; }

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 #40a621 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #40a621 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 #40a621 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 #40a621 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 #40a621 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.