Information about Forest Green color
Basic facts about this digital color
A intensely saturated spring green, #014421 carries a shadowy depth. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from British Racing Green (#004225). Nearby in the Register you will also find Zuccini (#044022) and Lacoste Green (#004526).
In RGB terms — rgb(1, 68, 33) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #014421 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 11.4:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.9:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:73), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. The name "Forest Green" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Forest Green color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Forest Green color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Forest Green color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Forest Green color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Forest Green color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Forest Green color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Forest Green color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Forest Green
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#004225
#044022
#004526
#004627
#05472A
#004816
#043927
#01371A
#005921
#002E20
#0A480D
#123524
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#014421
- RGB1, 68, 33
- CMYK26, 0, 14, 73
- CSSrgb(1, 68, 33)
- HSL149°, 97%, 14%
- HSL Precise148.657°, 97.101%, 13.529%
- HSV149°, 99%, 27%
- HSB149°, 99%, 27%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.004
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.267
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.129
- GLSLvec3(0.004, 0.267, 0.129)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.004, 0.267, 0.129, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.004, 0.267, 0.129)
- Percentage of Red in RGB0.4%
- Percentage of Green in RGB26.7%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB12.9%
- Color FamilySpring Green
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID014421
- DECIMAL ID82977
- Name Length12
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