Dark slate gray

#455f5f

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

This is Dark slate gray, a muted teal at 180 degrees. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Dark slate gray color values

Every conversion for #455f5f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#455f5f

RGB69, 95, 95

HSL180, 16%, 32%

HSV180, 27%, 37%

CMYK27%, 0%, 0%, 63%

Lab38.33, -9.62, -3.15

XYZ8.61, 10.28, 12.36

Decimal4546399

Web safe#336666

Pantone5477 C

Shades of dark slate gray

#3f5757 #3a5050 #344848 #2f4040 #293838 #233131 #1e2929 #182121 #121919 #0d1212

Tints of dark slate gray

#537272 #618585 #709797 #83a5a5 #96b2b2 #a9c0c0 #bccece #cfdcdc #e2eaea #f5f7f7

Colors that go with dark slate gray

Complementary#5f4545 Analogous#455f52 Analogous#45525f Triadic#5f455f Triadic#5f5f45 Split complementary#5f4552 Split complementary#5f5245

Dark slate gray in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 27, 0, 0, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #455f5f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 0 0 63

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 4 4 69

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 gray in css

Copy #455f5f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #455f5f; }
.text { color: #455f5f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #455f5f; }

How dark slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #455f5f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #455f5f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #455f5f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark slate gray? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #455f5f 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 gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #455f5f is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.