Dark slate blue

#3f2f8a

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 #3f2f8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3f2f8a

RGB63, 47, 138

HSL251, 49%, 36%

HSV251, 66%, 54%

CMYK54%, 66%, 0%, 46%

Lab26.52, 32.64, -48.49

XYZ7.65, 4.92, 24.59

Decimal4140938

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#3a2b7e #342773 #2f2367 #2a1f5c #251b50 #1f1745 #1a1439 #15102e #100c22 #0a0817

Tints of dark slate blue

#4937a1 #543fb8 #6551c4 #7a68cc #8e7fd3 #a296db #b6ade3 #cbc4eb #dfdbf3 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#7a8a2f Analogous#2f4d8a Analogous#6c2f8a Triadic#8a3f2f Triadic#2f8a3f Split complementary#8a6d2f Split complementary#4c8a2f

Dark slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 54, 66, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3f2f8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 66 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 65 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 #3f2f8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3f2f8a; }
.text { color: #3f2f8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3f2f8a; }

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 #3f2f8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3f2f8a 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 #3f2f8a 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 #3f2f8a 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 #3f2f8a 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.