Forest green

#4aa72f

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. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Forest green color values

Every conversion for #4aa72f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4aa72f

RGB74, 167, 47

HSL107, 56%, 42%

HSV107, 72%, 65%

CMYK56%, 0%, 72%, 35%

Lab61.04, -49.52, 51.07

XYZ17.16, 29.3, 7.44

Decimal4892463

Web safe#339933

Pantone369 C

Shades of forest green

#44992b #3d8a27 #377c23 #316e1f #2a5f1b #245117 #1e4313 #17350f #11260b #0b1807

Tints of forest green

#54bd35 #62ca43 #74d059 #86d66f #98dd85 #abe39a #bde9b0 #cfefc6 #e1f5db #f3fbf1

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#8c2fa7 Analogous#86a72f Analogous#2fa750 Triadic#2f4aa7 Triadic#a72f4a Split complementary#502fa7 Split complementary#a72f86

Forest green in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 56, 0, 72, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4aa72f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

56 0 72 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 4 70 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 #4aa72f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4aa72f; }
.text { color: #4aa72f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4aa72f; }

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 #4aa72f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4aa72f 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 #4aa72f 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 #4aa72f 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

The figures for #4aa72f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.