Dark slate blue

#1c3d76

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark slate blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Dark slate blue, a strong blue at 218 degrees. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #1c3d76, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1c3d76

RGB28, 61, 118

HSL218, 62%, 29%

HSV218, 76%, 46%

CMYK76%, 48%, 0%, 54%

Lab26.43, 9.55, -36.21

XYZ5.42, 4.89, 17.8

Decimal1850742

Web safe#333366

Pantone294 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#1a386d #183363 #152f5a #132a51 #112547 #0f203e #0d1b35 #0a162b #081222 #060d19

Tints of dark slate blue

#234b92 #295aae #3068ca #497cd4 #6590da #81a4e1 #9db8e8 #b9ccee #d5e0f5 #f1f5fc

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#76551c Analogous#1c6a76 Analogous#281c76 Triadic#761c3d Triadic#3d761c Split complementary#76281c Split complementary#6a761c

Dark slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 76, 48, 0, 54.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1c3d76 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

76 48 0 54

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

74 48 4 60

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark slate blue in css

Copy #1c3d76 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1c3d76; }
.text { color: #1c3d76; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1c3d76; }

How dark slate blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #1c3d76 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1c3d76 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #1c3d76 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark slate blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #1c3d76 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark slate blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #1c3d76 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.