Dark slate blue

#3c2c64

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 purple with a weighty cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #3c2c64, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3c2c64

RGB60, 44, 100

HSL257, 39%, 28%

HSV257, 56%, 39%

CMYK40%, 56%, 0%, 61%

Lab22.59, 21.81, -30.67

XYZ5.06, 3.68, 12.5

Decimal3943524

Web safe#333366

Pantone2766 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#37295c #332554 #2e224c #291e45 #241b3d #201735 #1b142d #161025 #110d1d #0d0915

Tints of dark slate blue

#4b377c #594194 #684cad #7b62ba #8f7ac4 #a392cf #b8aada #ccc2e4 #e0daef #f5f3fa

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#54642c Analogous#2c3864 Analogous#582c64 Triadic#643c2c Triadic#2c643c Split complementary#64582c Split complementary#38642c

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 40, 56, 0, 61.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3c2c64 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 56 0 61

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 56 4 67

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 #3c2c64 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3c2c64; }
.text { color: #3c2c64; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3c2c64; }

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 #3c2c64 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3c2c64 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 #3c2c64 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 #3c2c64 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 #3c2c64 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.