Forest green

#508347

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 111 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 #508347, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#508347

RGB80, 131, 71

HSL111, 30%, 40%

HSV111, 46%, 51%

CMYK39%, 0%, 46%, 49%

Lab49.97, -29.66, 27.11

XYZ12.56, 18.39, 8.85

Decimal5276487

Web safe#669933

Pantone575 C

Shades of forest green

#497841 #426d3b #3c6235 #35572f #2e4b29 #274023 #20351d #1a2a17 #131f11 #0c140b

Tints of forest green

#5b9651 #68a75d #7ab170 #8bbc83 #9dc695 #aed0a8 #c0dabb #d1e4ce #e3efe1 #f4f9f3

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#7a4783 Analogous#6e8347 Analogous#47835c Triadic#475083 Triadic#834750 Split complementary#5c4783 Split complementary#83476e

Forest green in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 39, 0, 46, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #508347 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 0 46 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 4 46 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 #508347 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #508347; }
.text { color: #508347; }
.border { border: 2px solid #508347; }

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 #508347 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #508347 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 #508347 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 #508347 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 #508347 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.