Dark slate blue

#6a4e85

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 #6a4e85, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a4e85
RGB106, 78, 133
HSL271, 26%, 41%
HSV271, 41%, 52%
CMYK20%, 41%, 0%, 48%
Lab38.21, 23.3, -26.47
XYZ12.9, 10.21, 23.48
Decimal6966917
Web safe#666699
Pantone668 C
Pantone668 CHex#6a4e85Rgb106 78 133Cmyk20 41 0 48Lab38 23 -26Darker#22192bDeep#463458Lighter#8e73a8

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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 20, 41, 0, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a4e85 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
20 41 0 48
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
22 42 4 54
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 #6a4e85 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a4e85; }
.text { color: #6a4e85; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a4e85; }

How dark slate blue looks on light and dark

Dark slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6a4e85 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
6.90:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
3.04:1
AAfail · AA largepass · AAAfail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a4e85 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 #6a4e85 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #6a4e85 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark slate blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #6a4e85 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.