Dark slate blue

#5d479c

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

Dark slate blue falls in the purple range, mid and soft. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #5d479c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5d479c

RGB93, 71, 156

HSL256, 37%, 45%

HSV256, 54%, 61%

CMYK40%, 54%, 0%, 39%

Lab36.43, 30.08, -43.35

XYZ12.77, 9.23, 32.56

Decimal6113180

Web safe#663399

Pantone2725 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#55418f #4d3b81 #453574 #3d2e66 #352859 #2d224b #251c3e #1d1630 #151023 #0d0a15

Tints of dark slate blue

#684fae #7761b7 #8773bf #9785c8 #a698d0 #b6aad8 #c6bce1 #d5cee9 #e5e1f1 #f4f3f9

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#869c47 Analogous#475c9c Analogous#88479c Triadic#9c5d47 Triadic#479c5d Split complementary#9c8747 Split complementary#5c9c47

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, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5d479c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 54 0 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 54 4 45

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 #5d479c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5d479c; }
.text { color: #5d479c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5d479c; }

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 #5d479c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5d479c 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 #5d479c 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 #5d479c 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 #5d479c are worked out. 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.