Forest green

#4fa63c

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 serious. 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 #4fa63c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4fa63c

RGB79, 166, 60

HSL109, 47%, 44%

HSV109, 64%, 65%

CMYK52%, 0%, 64%, 35%

Lab61.01, -46.54, 45.68

XYZ17.68, 29.26, 8.99

Decimal5219900

Web safe#669933

Pantone362 C

Shades of forest green

#489837 #418932 #3b7b2c #346d27 #2d5e22 #26501d #1f4218 #183312 #12250d #0b1608

Tints of forest green

#58ba43 #69c255 #7ac969 #8cd07d #9dd790 #aedea4 #bfe5b7 #d1eccb #e2f3de #f3faf2

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#933ca6 Analogous#84a63c Analogous#3ca65e Triadic#3c4fa6 Triadic#a63c4f Split complementary#5e3ca6 Split complementary#a63c84

Forest green in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 52, 0, 64, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4fa63c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

52 0 64 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

52 4 63 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 #4fa63c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4fa63c; }
.text { color: #4fa63c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4fa63c; }

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 #4fa63c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4fa63c 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 #4fa63c 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 #4fa63c 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 #4fa63c are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.