Forest green

#48950e

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 94 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 #48950e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#48950e

RGB72, 149, 14

HSL94, 83%, 32%

HSV94, 91%, 58%

CMYK52%, 0%, 91%, 42%

Lab54.97, -45.05, 55.2

XYZ13.5, 22.9, 4.12

Decimal4756750

Web safe#339900

Pantone370 C

Shades of forest green

#42890d #3c7d0c #36710b #316509 #2b5808 #254c07 #1f4006 #193405 #132804 #0e1c03

Tints of forest green

#57b311 #65d114 #74ea1c #87ed3a #99ef58 #acf276 #bef594 #d0f8b3 #e3fbd1 #f5fdef

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#5b0e95 Analogous#8b950e Analogous#0e9518 Triadic#0e4895 Triadic#950e48 Split complementary#170e95 Split complementary#950e8c

Forest green in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 52, 0, 91, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #48950e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

52 0 91 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

52 4 88 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 #48950e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #48950e; }
.text { color: #48950e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #48950e; }

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 #48950e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #48950e 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 #48950e 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 #48950e 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 #48950e 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.