Forest green

#4c8a26

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 97 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 #4c8a26, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4c8a26

RGB76, 138, 38

HSL97, 57%, 35%

HSV97, 72%, 54%

CMYK45%, 0%, 72%, 46%

Lab51.67, -37.97, 45.0

XYZ12.42, 19.85, 5.01

Decimal5016102

Web safe#339933

Pantone370 C

Shades of forest green

#467f23 #3f7320 #39681d #335c19 #2d5116 #264613 #203a10 #1a2f0d #13230a #0d1807

Tints of forest green

#5aa32d #67bc34 #77cb43 #89d25c #9bd975 #ade08e #bfe7a7 #d1edbf #e3f4d8 #f5fbf1

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#64268a Analogous#7e8a26 Analogous#268a32 Triadic#264c8a Triadic#8a264c Split complementary#32268a Split complementary#8a267e

Forest green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 45, 0, 72, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4c8a26 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

45 0 72 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

45 4 70 52

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 #4c8a26 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4c8a26; }
.text { color: #4c8a26; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4c8a26; }

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 #4c8a26 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4c8a26 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 #4c8a26 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 #4c8a26 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 #4c8a26 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.