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Forest Green

#228B22

Conversions

HEX#228B22

RGBrgb(34, 139, 34)

HSLhsl(120, 61%, 34%)

HSVhsv(120, 76%, 55%)

CMYKcmyk(76%, 0%, 76%, 45%)

Copy CSS

color: #228b22;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(34, 139, 34);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(120, 61%, 34%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 4.39 : 1

On ink blackFail · 4.36 : 1

Shades

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Pairings

About Forest Green

Forest Green is the hex color #228B22, which translates to rgb(34, 139, 34) in RGB and hsl(120, 61%, 34%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 120 degrees, with a saturation of 61 percent and a lightness of 34 percent. That combination gives Forest Green a saturated mid tone: strong enough for buttons and links, still calm enough for larger areas.

How Forest Green compares

Forest Green is exactly the CSS keyword forestgreen, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is green-600 (#00A63E), at a distance of 12.8. Inside this library the closest neighbour is India Green at 6.5. Sorted by lightness, Forest Green is number 11 of the 30 green colors here.

Text on Forest Green

None of the five text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Forest Green. That does not make Forest Green unusable, it makes it a background for large text or a decorative surface rather than a body-text background. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Forest Green already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Forest Green. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	4.39:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	4.36:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Mid grey #6B7280	1.10:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	2.35:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	3.55:1	Fail	Pass	Fail

Building a palette around Forest Green

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Forest Green for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Forest Green

Format	Value
HEX	#228B22
RGB	rgb(34, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(120, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(120, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76%, 0%, 76%, 45%)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.1688 142.89)
CIELAB	lab(50.59 -49.59 45.02)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.