Forest green

#4a8317

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

Forest green is a deep green that feels weighty. 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 #4a8317, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4a8317

RGB74, 131, 23

HSL92, 70%, 30%

HSV92, 82%, 51%

CMYK44%, 0%, 82%, 49%

Lab49.19, -36.64, 47.9

XYZ11.09, 17.75, 3.65

Decimal4883223

Web safe#339900

Pantone370 C

Shades of forest green

#447915 #3e6e13 #386411 #325910 #2c4f0e #26440c #203a0a #1b2f08 #152506 #0f1a05

Tints of forest green

#5aa01c #6abd21 #7bd926 #8cde43 #9ee360 #afe87d #c1ed9a #d3f2b6 #e4f7d3 #f6fcf0

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#501783 Analogous#808317 Analogous#17831a Triadic#174a83 Triadic#83174a Split complementary#1a1783 Split complementary#831780

Forest green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 44, 0, 82, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4a8317 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 0 82 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 4 79 55

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 #4a8317 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4a8317; }
.text { color: #4a8317; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4a8317; }

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 #4a8317 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4a8317 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 #4a8317 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 #4a8317 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #4a8317 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.