Dark slate blue

#3b3169

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

Dark slate blue is a deep blue that reads rich. 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 #3b3169, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b3169

RGB59, 49, 105

HSL251, 36%, 30%

HSV251, 53%, 41%

CMYK44%, 53%, 0%, 59%

Lab24.15, 19.77, -31.43

XYZ5.45, 4.15, 13.88

Decimal3879273

Web safe#333366

Pantone2766 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#362d61 #322958 #2d2550 #282147 #231d3f #1f1937 #1a162e #151226 #100e1d #0c0a15

Tints of dark slate blue

#483c80 #554797 #6251ae #7768b9 #8c80c4 #a197ce #b5aed9 #cac5e4 #dfdcef #f4f3f9

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#5f6931 Analogous#314369 Analogous#573169 Triadic#693b31 Triadic#31693b Split complementary#695731 Split complementary#436931

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 44, 53, 0, 59.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b3169 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 53 0 59

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 53 4 65

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 #3b3169 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b3169; }
.text { color: #3b3169; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b3169; }

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 #3b3169 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b3169 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 #3b3169 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 #3b3169 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

Every value on this page for #3b3169 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.