Forest #0B5509

About this color

#0B5509 is a dark, moderately saturated green. In OKLCH its lightness is 39%, its chroma 0.125 and its hue 142°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Forest. White text reads best on it, at 9.06:1.

Colors that go with Forest

Matches found by rotating Forest around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Forest

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Forest, closest first.

• Ruby Clasp
• Sorrel Hedgerow
• Understory Shade
• Harissa Market
• Gravestone and Bat
• Puddle Recess
• Lime Slice
• Clementine Grove

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Forest, with their ΔE distance.

• Deep Green #02590F ΔE 0.012
• Navy Green #35530A ΔE 0.035
• Bottle Green #044A05 ΔE 0.037
• Darkgreen #054907 ΔE 0.041
• British Racing Green #05480D ΔE 0.045
• Dark Green #006400 ΔE 0.050
• Racing Green #014600 ΔE 0.051
• Pine Green #0A481E ΔE 0.052

More about Forest

• Shades of green
• What green means

How to make Forest

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts green
• 1 part black

Recipe result: #335838, a difference of ΔE 0.066 from Forest. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make green? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Forest in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Forest

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 900.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F1F8F0

   oklch(97.2% 0.013 141.8)

2. Step 100

   100

   #E0EFDE

   oklch(93.6% 0.028 142)

3. Step 200

   200

   #C6E3C3

   oklch(88.6% 0.053 142.6)

4. Step 300

   300

   #9DD199

   oklch(81% 0.094 142.9)

5. Step 400

   400

   #63B85D

   oklch(70.8% 0.152 142.5)

6. Step 500

   500

   #2BA427

   oklch(63% 0.192 142.5)

7. Step 600

   600

   #008C00

   oklch(55.5% 0.189 142.5)

8. Step 700

   700

   #007600

   oklch(49% 0.167 142.5)

9. Step 800

   800

   #006100

   oklch(42.7% 0.145 142.5)

10. Step 900

    900 (this color)

    #0B5509

    oklch(39.2% 0.125 142.5)

11. Step 950

    950

    #082F07

    oklch(26.8% 0.079 142.6)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Forest with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.