Forestry
#2f441f
Earthy darker forest green for steady highlights
About Forestry
Forestry is the green you notice when you pull a label sheet off a roll and it suddenly looks less like "leaf" and more like dyed cloth. It's cooler and calmer than the rain-browned industrial feel of Godzilla, and it stays cleaner and more balanced than the near-black, neutral slump of Green Not Found. Compared to British Racing Green, it doesn't feel stripped to pure business green. It lands as a restrained, workroom tone: deeper lightness, slightly lower saturation, and an earthy-cool undertone that reads intentional without shouting.
I use Forestry for data-dense interfaces where you want the hierarchy to be clear but not heavy. Think field monitoring consoles, maintenance and fleet tablets, and sustainability reporting dashboards that need green for states and legends without turning murky. It's great for map label chips, filter tags, and secondary headings where you still want "go" to feel grounded, not wet. If you're building dark UI themes, it also plays nicer than brighter greens that can look leafy against the rest.
One quirk: pair it with crisp off-whites or cool grays so the undertone doesn't drift toward brown on smaller text and thin strokes.
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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.
On White #ffffff
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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