Forest green

#498d21

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 strong. 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 #498d21, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#498d21

RGB73, 141, 33

HSL98, 62%, 34%

HSV98, 77%, 55%

CMYK48%, 0%, 77%, 45%

Lab52.48, -40.59, 47.67

XYZ12.55, 20.58, 4.75

Decimal4820257

Web safe#339933

Pantone370 C

Shades of forest green

#43811e #3d761c #376a19 #315f16 #2b5313 #254711 #1f3c0e #19300b #132409 #0d1906

Tints of forest green

#56a727 #64c12d #73d13c #86d756 #98dd70 #abe389 #bdeaa3 #d0f0bd #e2f6d7 #f5fcf1

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#65218d Analogous#7f8d21 Analogous#218d2f Triadic#21498d Triadic#8d2149 Split complementary#2f218d Split complementary#8d217f

Forest green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 48, 0, 77, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #498d21 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 0 77 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 4 75 51

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Forest green in css

Copy #498d21 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #498d21; }
.text { color: #498d21; }
.border { border: 2px solid #498d21; }

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 #498d21 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #498d21 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Forest green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #498d21 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn forest green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #498d21 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 #498d21 are worked out. 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.