Dark slate blue

#2f4d8a

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

Dark slate blue sits in the blue band, deep and soft. 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 #2f4d8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2f4d8a

RGB47, 77, 138

HSL220, 49%, 36%

HSV220, 66%, 54%

CMYK66%, 44%, 0%, 46%

Lab33.45, 9.69, -37.37

XYZ8.41, 7.75, 25.1

Decimal3100042

Web safe#336699

Pantone653 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#2b477e #274073 #233a67 #1f335c #1b2d50 #172645 #142039 #101a2e #0c1322 #080d17

Tints of dark slate blue

#375aa1 #3f67b8 #5177c4 #6889cc #7f9bd3 #96addb #adbfe3 #c4d1eb #dbe3f3 #f2f5fa

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#8a6c2f Analogous#2f7a8a Analogous#3e2f8a Triadic#8a2f4d Triadic#4d8a2f Split complementary#8a3e2f Split complementary#7b8a2f

Dark slate blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 66, 44, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2f4d8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 44 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 44 4 52

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 #2f4d8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2f4d8a; }
.text { color: #2f4d8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2f4d8a; }

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 #2f4d8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2f4d8a 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 #2f4d8a 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 #2f4d8a 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 #2f4d8a are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.