Forest green

#438621

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 100 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 #438621, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#438621

RGB67, 134, 33

HSL100, 60%, 33%

HSV100, 75%, 53%

CMYK50%, 0%, 75%, 47%

Lab49.92, -39.64, 45.05

XYZ11.11, 18.35, 4.4

Decimal4425249

Web safe#339933

Pantone363 C

Shades of forest green

#3e7b1e #38701c #336519 #2d5a16 #284f14 #224411 #1d390e #172e0b #122309 #0c1906

Tints of forest green

#50a027 #5dba2e #6cce3a #7fd554 #93db6e #a6e288 #bae8a2 #cdefbc #e1f5d7 #f4fbf1

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#642186 Analogous#758621 Analogous#218632 Triadic#214386 Triadic#862143 Split complementary#322186 Split complementary#862175

Forest green in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 50, 0, 75, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #438621 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

50 0 75 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

50 4 73 53

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 #438621 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #438621; }
.text { color: #438621; }
.border { border: 2px solid #438621; }

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 #438621 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #438621 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 #438621 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 #438621 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 #438621 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.