Dark slate blue

#4d3b81

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 #4d3b81, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4d3b81

RGB77, 59, 129

HSL255, 37%, 37%

HSV255, 54%, 51%

CMYK40%, 54%, 0%, 49%

Lab30.13, 25.5, -36.98

XYZ8.59, 6.29, 21.53

Decimal5061505

Web safe#663399

Pantone2756 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#473676 #40316b #3a2c61 #332756 #2d224b #261d40 #201835 #19132b #130f20 #0d0a15

Tints of dark slate blue

#594596 #664eab #7761b7 #8976c0 #9b8aca #ad9fd3 #bfb4dd #d1c9e6 #e3def0 #f4f3f9

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#6f813b Analogous#3b4c81 Analogous#703b81 Triadic#814d3b Triadic#3b814d Split complementary#81703b Split complementary#4c813b

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, 54, 0, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4d3b81 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 54 0 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 54 4 55

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 #4d3b81 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4d3b81; }
.text { color: #4d3b81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4d3b81; }

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 #4d3b81 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4d3b81 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 #4d3b81 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 #4d3b81 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 #4d3b81 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.