Forest Green Color Codes
Forest Green is a mid-tone, saturated green with the hex code #228B22, RGB values of 34, 139, 34 and an HSL value of hsl(120, 61%, 34%).
| HEX | #228B22 |
|---|---|
| RGB | 34, 139, 34 |
| HSL | hsl(120, 61%, 34%) |
| HSV | 120°, 76%, 55% |
| CMYK | 76%, 0%, 76%, 45% |
| LAB | 50.59, -49.59, 45.02 |
| CIELCHuv | 50.59, 70.48, 127.72° |
- Nearest Pantone
- PMS 362 C ΔE 7.1 · approximate
- Nearest CSS name
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forestgreenΔE 0.0
Source CSS Color Module Level 4 keyword 'ForestGreen'
Forest Green Color Hex Code
The Forest Green color hex code is #228B22. Those six digits are three pairs, 22 for red, 8B for green and 22 for blue, which is the same triplet a browser reads from the CSS value below.
#228B22
Forest Green Color RGB Code
The Forest Green RGB code is rgb(34, 139, 34). Green carries the most light at 139 of 255, which is what puts this color where it sits on the wheel.
rgb(34, 139, 34)
Forest Green Color HSV Code
The Forest Green HSV code is 120°, 76%, 55%. Read it as a hue of 120 degrees, 76% saturation and 55% value, which is the form most color pickers use because moving one number changes one thing.
120°, 76%, 55%
Forest Green Color CIELChuv Code
The Forest Green CIELCHuv code is 50.59, 70.48, 127.72°. Unlike hex or RGB this one is perceptual: lightness 51 means mid-toned to the eye rather than to the screen, and chroma 70 is how far it sits from grey.
50.59, 70.48, 127.72°
Tonal scale
What are Forest Green Color Palettes?
A shade mixes toward black, a tint toward white, a tone toward grey. Every step keeps the hue and is copy-ready.
Shades, toward black
Tints, toward white
Tones, toward grey
Palettes
What are Forest Green Color Palette Codes?
Each of these is a hue rotation from #228B22. They are generated, not curated, so they are exact.
Complementary
Rotate a half turn and you land on #8B228B, a dark, saturated purple. Maximum hue distance, which is what makes a complement read as emphasis rather than decoration. Neither is especially saturated, so this pairing stays calm enough for large areas of both.
Analogous
Step 30 degrees in each direction and you get #578B22 and #228B57. Neighbouring hues hold together without effort, which is what makes analogous sets the safe choice for large areas.
Triadic
#22228B and #8B2222 complete an even 120 degree split. Three fully independent hues, so one has to lead: keep this base dominant and let the other two appear in small quantities.
Split-complementary
Instead of the direct complement, this takes the two hues either side of it: #56228B and #8B2257. Almost the same contrast, without the edge shimmer a true complementary pair produces at high saturation.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs forming a rectangle: this base with #8B228B, and #22568B with #8B5622. The richest of the five and the hardest to balance, so treat this base as the lead and hold the other three well back.
Accessibility
Contrast checker: is Forest Green accessible?
Measured against white and against black, with a separate verdict for each element type. Small text, large text and UI components have different thresholds, so one pass or fail for the whole color would be wrong roughly a third of the time.
White background
4.39:14.39
contrast ratio on white background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Fails | Fails |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Passes | Fails |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Passes | n/a |
Black background
4.78:14.78
contrast ratio on black background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Passes | Fails |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Passes | Passes |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Passes | n/a |
Against white Forest Green reaches 4.39:1, enough for large text and UI borders, but short of the 4.5:1 that body copy needs. Darken it for anything set small. Text placed on it should be black, which gives 4.78:1.
Color vision
How Forest Green looks with color blindness
Around 300 million people see color differently from the way it is specified. Each card shows the actual color beside how it appears, and how common that form of vision is.
Protanopia
About 1% of men#62624D
Forest Green changes substantially here. ΔE 57.1
No working red cones. Reds darken sharply and drift toward the same muddy olive as green.
Deuteranopia
About 1% of men#5C5454
Forest Green changes substantially here. ΔE 70.1
No working green cones. With the milder deuteranomaly at nearer 6% of men, this is by far the most common form, and the one worth designing around.
Tritanopia
About 1 in 10,000#2F6265
Forest Green changes substantially here. ΔE 63.0
No working blue cones. Blues shift toward green and yellows toward pink. Rare, and unlike the others it is not sex-linked, so it affects men and women equally.
Achromatopsia
About 1 in 30,000#787878
Forest Green changes substantially here. ΔE 67.0
No color vision at all. Also a fair proxy for how the color survives a greyscale print or a failing screen.
To a deuteranope, the most common form, Forest Green reads as #5C5454. That is a shift of ΔE 70.1, so it is a different color to roughly one man in sixteen. It sits in the green range, the other half of the red-green pair. Against a red of similar lightness it will not read as distinct, so anything depending on that contrast needs a second cue. The widest shift is under deuteranopia, at ΔE 70.1. The rule this leads to needs no simulator: never let color be the only thing carrying a message. Add a label, an icon, or a clear difference in lightness, and the problem disappears for everyone.
Snippets
Using Forest Green in code
:root {
--forest-green: #228B22;
}
.example {
color: var(--forest-green);
}// tailwind.config.js
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'forest-green': '#228B22',
},
},
}// SwiftUI takes 0–1 components, not 0–255.
let forestGreen = Color(
red: 0.133,
green: 0.545,
blue: 0.133
)<!-- res/values/colors.xml -->
<color name="forest_green">#228B22</color>// Flutter wants ARGB: FF for full opacity, then the hex.
const forestGreen = Color(0xFF228B22);