Dark slate blue

#4c4a79

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 serious. 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 #4c4a79, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4c4a79

RGB76, 74, 121

HSL243, 24%, 38%

HSV243, 39%, 47%

CMYK37%, 39%, 0%, 53%

Lab33.59, 13.12, -26.51

XYZ8.88, 7.81, 19.13

Decimal4999801

Web safe#333366

Pantone534 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#46446f #3f3e65 #39375a #323150 #2c2b46 #26253c #1f1e32 #191827 #12121d #0c0c13

Tints of dark slate blue

#58558b #63619e #7573a9 #8785b5 #9998c0 #acaacb #bebdd6 #d0cfe2 #e2e1ed #f4f4f8

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#77794a Analogous#4a5f79 Analogous#644a79 Triadic#794c4a Triadic#4a794c Split complementary#79644a Split complementary#5f794a

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 37, 39, 0, 53.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4c4a79 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 39 0 53

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 40 4 59

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 #4c4a79 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4c4a79; }
.text { color: #4c4a79; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4c4a79; }

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 #4c4a79 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4c4a79 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 #4c4a79 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 #4c4a79 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 #4c4a79 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.