Slate gray

#4e7c8d

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

Slate gray sits in the blue band, deep and muted. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Slate gray color values

Every conversion for #4e7c8d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e7c8d

RGB78, 124, 141

HSL196, 29%, 43%

HSV196, 45%, 55%

CMYK45%, 12%, 0%, 45%

Lab49.45, -10.95, -14.14

XYZ15.16, 17.96, 27.87

Decimal5143693

Web safe#666699

Pantone5415 C

Shades of slate gray

#477181 #416775 #3a5c69 #33515c #2c4750 #263c44 #1f3138 #18272c #121c20 #0b1114

Tints of slate gray

#588b9f #6798ab #78a4b5 #8ab0be #9cbcc8 #adc8d2 #bfd4db #d0e0e5 #e2ebef #f4f7f9

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#8d5f4e Analogous#4e8d7e Analogous#4e5d8d Triadic#8d4e7c Triadic#7c8d4e Split complementary#8d4e5d Split complementary#8d7f4e

Slate gray in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 45, 12, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e7c8d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

45 12 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

45 15 4 51

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.

Slate gray in css

Copy #4e7c8d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e7c8d; }
.text { color: #4e7c8d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e7c8d; }

How slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4e7c8d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e7c8d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4e7c8d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4e7c8d 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 slate gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #4e7c8d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.