Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Forest Green

Forest Green is an earth tone and jewel tone green color with HEX #228B22. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 34, 139, 34, HSL 120, 61%, 34%, cool temperature, and is useful for web design, CSS color systems, and UI prototyping.

#228B22 green cool earth-tonejewel-tone
HEX #228B22
RGB rgb(34, 139, 34)
HSL hsl(120 61% 34%)
CMYK cmyk(76, 0, 76, 45)
Luminance 0.1892
Contrast Black 4.78:1White 4.39:1

CSS Utilities

--color-forest-green: #228B22;
.bg-forest-green { background-color: #228B22; }
.text-forest-green { color: #228B22; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.1892
Black text4.78:1AA Pass
White text4.39:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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WCAG
{
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  "AAA": []
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Harmonies
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Variants
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Pairings
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Knowledge graph
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Full JSON dataset 
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Color meaning and use

About Forest Green Color

Forest Green sits in the green family with cool temperature and earth tone and jewel tone visual character. Standard CSS named color.

Its common associations include context dependent, which makes it relevant for web interfaces and design systems. In design work, Forest Green is most useful for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Earth Tone colorsFind colors with earth tone visual character.Jewel Tone colorsFind colors with jewel tone visual character.Forest Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #228B22.Forest Green CSS utilitiesUse Forest Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#228B22 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Forest Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on Forest Green.Forest Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Forest Green against black and white text.

Black text4.78:1AA Pass
White text4.39:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000
AAA text optionsNone in seed set
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Green#008000
Scheele Green#478800
Terre Verte#385E0F
Sea Green#2E8B57
Hunter Green#355E3B

Color Harmonies

#8C228C#8C228C
#578C22#578C22
#228C57#228C57
#22228C#22228C
#8C2222#8C2222
Open full Forest Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#3ACF3A#3ACF3A
#104210#104210
#0F9F0F#0F9F0F
#357935#357935
#66C766#66C766
#00D600#00D600

Pairings

Black#000000
#8C228C#8C228C
#578C22#578C22
#228C57#228C57
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5