Dark slate blue

#5e4d8a

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

This is Dark slate blue, a muted purple at 257 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #5e4d8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e4d8a

RGB94, 77, 138

HSL257, 28%, 42%

HSV257, 44%, 54%

CMYK32%, 44%, 0%, 46%

Lab36.97, 21.51, -31.56

XYZ11.86, 9.52, 25.26

Decimal6180234

Web safe#666699

Pantone668 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#56467e #4e4072 #463966 #3e335b #362c4f #2e2543 #261f37 #1e182b #15121f #0d0b14

Tints of dark slate blue

#6a579c #7865a9 #8877b3 #9789bd #a79bc7 #b7acd1 #c6bedb #d6d0e5 #e5e2ef #f5f4f9

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#798a4d Analogous#4d5a8a Analogous#7c4d8a Triadic#8a5e4d Triadic#4d8a5e Split complementary#8a7c4d Split complementary#5a8a4d

Dark slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 32, 44, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e4d8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 44 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 44 4 52

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 #5e4d8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e4d8a; }
.text { color: #5e4d8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e4d8a; }

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 #5e4d8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e4d8a 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 #5e4d8a 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 #5e4d8a 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 #5e4d8a are worked out. 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.