Slate gray

#61787f

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

Slate gray lands where green meets blue, deep and muted. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Slate gray color values

Every conversion for #61787f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#61787f

RGB97, 120, 127

HSL194, 13%, 44%

HSV194, 24%, 50%

CMYK24%, 6%, 0%, 50%

Lab48.89, -6.67, -6.61

XYZ15.48, 17.51, 22.64

Decimal6387839

Web safe#666666

Pantone5415 C

Shades of slate gray

#596e74 #506369 #48595e #404f53 #374448 #2f3a3d #262f32 #1e2527 #161b1c #0d1011

Tints of slate gray

#6d868e #7b939a #8aa0a6 #9aacb2 #a9b8bd #b8c5c9 #c7d1d4 #d6dee0 #e6eaec #f5f7f7

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#7f6861 Analogous#617f77 Analogous#61697f Triadic#7f6178 Triadic#787f61 Split complementary#7f6169 Split complementary#7f7761

Slate gray in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 24, 6, 0, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #61787f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 6 0 50

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 10 4 56

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 #61787f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #61787f; }
.text { color: #61787f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #61787f; }

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 #61787f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #61787f 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 #61787f 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 #61787f 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #61787f are worked out. 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.