Forest green

#589d49

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 109 degrees. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Forest green color values

Every conversion for #589d49, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#589d49

RGB88, 157, 73

HSL109, 37%, 45%

HSV109, 54%, 62%

CMYK44%, 0%, 54%, 38%

Lab58.67, -38.57, 36.91

XYZ17.28, 26.67, 10.54

Decimal5807433

Web safe#669933

Pantone362 C

Shades of forest green

#508f43 #49823c #417436 #396730 #325929 #2a4b23 #233e1d #1b3016 #132210 #0c150a

Tints of forest green

#62ae52 #73b764 #83bf76 #93c787 #a3d099 #b3d8ab #c3e0bd #d4e9cf #e4f1e1 #f4f9f3

Colors that go with forest green

Complementary#8e499d Analogous#829d49 Analogous#499d64 Triadic#49589d Triadic#9d4958 Split complementary#64499d Split complementary#9d4982

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 44, 0, 54, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #589d49 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 0 54 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 4 54 44

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 #589d49 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #589d49; }
.text { color: #589d49; }
.border { border: 2px solid #589d49; }

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 #589d49 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #589d49 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 #589d49 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 #589d49 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

Every value on this page for #589d49 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.