Dark slate blue

#3a4e7c

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 soft blue at 222 degrees. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #3a4e7c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3a4e7c

RGB58, 78, 124

HSL222, 36%, 36%

HSV222, 53%, 49%

CMYK53%, 37%, 0%, 51%

Lab33.57, 6.43, -28.5

XYZ8.11, 7.8, 20.15

Decimal3821180

Web safe#336666

Pantone534 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#354872 #304167 #2c3b5d #273453 #222e48 #1d273e #182134 #131a29 #0f141f #0a0d15

Tints of dark slate blue

#445b91 #4e69a6 #5f79b4 #748abe #899cc8 #9eaed2 #b3c0dc #c9d1e6 #dee3ef #f3f5f9

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#7c683a Analogous#3a6f7c Analogous#473a7c Triadic#7c3a4e Triadic#4e7c3a Split complementary#7c473a Split complementary#6f7c3a

Dark slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 53, 37, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3a4e7c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

53 37 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

53 38 4 57

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 #3a4e7c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3a4e7c; }
.text { color: #3a4e7c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3a4e7c; }

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 #3a4e7c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3a4e7c 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 #3a4e7c 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 #3a4e7c 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

The figures for #3a4e7c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.