Forest green

#4e7e33

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

This is Forest green, a soft green at 98 degrees. 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 #4e7e33, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e7e33

RGB78, 126, 51

HSL98, 42%, 35%

HSV98, 60%, 49%

CMYK38%, 0%, 60%, 51%

Lab47.98, -30.65, 35.15

XYZ11.2, 16.78, 5.78

Decimal5144115

Web safe#666633

Pantone575 C

Shades of forest green

#48742f #41692b #3b5f26 #345422 #2e4a1e #273f1a #213515 #1a2b11 #14200d #0d1609

Tints of forest green

#5c943c #6aab45 #7aba55 #8bc36c #9dcc82 #afd699 #c0dfaf #d2e8c5 #e3f1dc #f5faf2

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#63337e Analogous#747e33 Analogous#337e3d Triadic#334e7e Triadic#7e334e Split complementary#3d337e Split complementary#7e3374

Forest green in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 38, 0, 60, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e7e33 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 0 60 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 4 59 57

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 #4e7e33 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e7e33; }
.text { color: #4e7e33; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e7e33; }

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 #4e7e33 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e7e33 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 #4e7e33 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 #4e7e33 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 #4e7e33 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.