| Forest green | |
|---|---|
| Hex triplet | #228B22 |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (34, 139, 34) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (120°, 76%, 55%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (51, 70, 128°) |
| Source | X11 |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid yellowish green |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Forest green is agreencolor said to resemble the color of thetrees and otherplants in aforest.
Thisweb color, when written as computer code inHTML forwebsite color display, is written in the formforestgreen (no space).[1]
The first recorded use offorest green as a color name inEnglish was in 1810.[2]

Forest green is a representation of the average color of theleaves of the trees of atemperate zonedeciduous forest.
| Forest green (Crayola) | |
|---|---|
| Hex triplet | #5FA777 |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (95, 167, 119) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (140°, 43%, 65%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (63, 45, 139°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Displayed at right is the color called "forest green" in Crayola crayons.Forest green has been a Crayola crayon name since 1958, when it was renamed fromdark green.
| Tropical Rainforest | |
|---|---|
| Hex triplet | #00755E |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (0, 117, 94) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (168°, 100%, 46%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (44, 38, 163°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate green |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Displayed at right is the colortropical rainforest, a bluish-shade of forest green.
The colortropical rainforest was formulated by Crayola in 1993.
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