Dark Forest Green#002D04, a midnight green

At a glanceDark Forest Green is #002D04, oklch(25.8% 0.083 144.2), a midnight green. Its hue sits mid-wheel, neither warm nor cool. Pair it with a warm rich pink #C476AA as an accent, a cool bright turquoise #9BD4DA for harmony, and a vivid green #009E22 the same color turned up. Try it as a text color on light backgrounds, a tinted neutral, or a success color, and it holds AA contrast against white. Expect a visible shift on coated presses, though.
Color codes

Dark Forest Green in RGB, HSL, OKLCH & more

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:root { /* how your code speaks it */ /* how your eyes measure it */ /* how the lab measures it, D65 2° */}/* tailwind v4 */

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Color family

What kind of green is Dark Forest Green?

Every color has a place in the standard vocabulary. This is Dark Forest Green's, measured rather than asserted.

Dark Forest Green's Munsell numbers: hue 8.1GY, value 1.4 (how light), chroma 5.0 (how vivid). That places it in ISCC-NBS block very dark yellowish green, one of 267 named ranges the standard sorts every color into. Chroma 5.0 is low. This is a greyed, muted green, nearer neutral than vivid, which is why it reads as a surface rather than an accent.

It's already at the edge of what your screen can show for this hue. This color can't go any more saturated and still render.

Munsell coordinates and block from the ISCC-NBS system, computed by Rhapsody's own renotation inversion.

Tints & shades

Shades of Dark Forest Green, lighter and darker

For hover states, washed backgrounds, and dark surfaces that still read as #002D04. 13 steps, spaced evenly by eye, with the color itself sitting at its natural depth, dark-forest-green-950.

Tints (light surfaces; dark text passes on every one)

Midtones (the color at full strength, for brand & accent work)

Shades (dark surfaces; light text passes on every one)

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Accessibility

Is Dark Forest Green accessible? Contrast with white & black

Strong contrast makes your work readable by everyone, and meets the WCAG standard accessibility law points at. AA is the floor; AAA is the tier worth aiming for in body text. White text on #002D04 clears WCAG AAA. Every strip below is one surface, and the marks are the steps that reach AAA on it.

Rows are text, columns are background · 70 of 210 pairings reach WCAG 2.2 AAA, shown here.

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Run #002D04 against the colors you actually ship, every pairing and any target, and export it: exact ratios, the AA tier, APCA, in one file.

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Print

Dark Forest Green in CMYK: one value for files, one per press

This color shifts further than a press run can hold, so expect a visible difference. The pairs below show where each standard lands.

In CMYK, #002D04 is . That is the value design tools and file formats use when no press is involved.

On press (what each standard prints)

CGATS21 CRPC1 (coldset news) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 26.8, 10.7× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 Uncoated (CRPC3) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 19.3, 7.7× the 2.5 a run varies by

GRACoL 2013 (CRPC6) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 6.0, 2.4× the 2.5 a run varies by

PSO Coated v3 (FOGRA51) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 7.4, 3.0× the 2.5 a run varies by

Coated FOGRA39 shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 6.0, 2.4× the 2.5 a run varies by

Japan Color 2011 Coated shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 9.5, 3.8× the 2.5 a run varies by

APTEC Flexo Coated shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 5.0, 2.0× the 2.5 a run varies by

CGATS21 CRPC7 (extended gamut) shifts on press
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 3.9, 1.6× the 2.5 a run varies by

Press values computed through the ICC characterization data each standard proofs against. Each CMYK above is the closest that standard can get.

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The strip shows this page's tints and shades on screen, then through a standard GRACoL 2013 conversion.

The Dark Forest Greens

Colors similar to Dark Forest Green

Here are other colors similar to Dark Forest Green along with accessible text pairings and whether or not they're print-safe. Explore The Greens

English HollyEnglish Holly#022D15white text · AAA✕ shifts on press
BushBush#0D2E1Cwhite text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Cardin GreenCardin Green#01361Cwhite text · AAA✕ shifts on press
County GreenCounty Green#01371Awhite text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Palm GreenPalm Green#09230Fwhite text · AAA✕ shifts on press
CelticCeltic#163222white text · AAA✓ prints exactly
Hunter GreenHunter Green#0B4008white text · AAA✕ shifts on press
ZucciniZuccini#044022white text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Kaitoke GreenKaitoke Green#004620white text · AAA✕ shifts on press
Pairings

Colors that go with Dark Forest Green

The complementary color, straight across the wheel, is a bold purple #9663AC. Rhapsody's pick is the split complement, just to one side of it, a livelier pair.

The accent is for the moments that need attention, the harmony for the ones that need calm; the vivid is the same color with the volume up, for when it has to shout.

Downloads

Take Dark Forest Green with you

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Dark Forest Green color codes: hex #002D04, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH, from Rhapsody
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The full tonal scale of Dark Forest Green, 13 steps from light to dark with every hex, from Rhapsody
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Dark Forest Green paired with a warm rich pink #C476AA, a cool bright turquoise #9BD4DA, a vivid green #009E22: hex values and roles, from Rhapsody
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