Dark slate blue

#6a5993

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 258 degrees. 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 #6a5993, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a5993

RGB106, 89, 147

HSL258, 25%, 46%

HSV258, 39%, 58%

CMYK28%, 39%, 0%, 42%

Lab41.71, 20.13, -29.47

XYZ14.78, 12.32, 29.2

Decimal6969747

Web safe#666699

Pantone5275 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#615186 #584a79 #4e426d #453a60 #3c3253 #332b46 #292339 #201b2d #171320 #0e0c13

Tints of dark slate blue

#7664a1 #8474ab #9284b5 #a194be #afa4c8 #bdb4d2 #cbc4db #d9d4e5 #e7e4ef #f5f4f8

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#829359 Analogous#596593 Analogous#875993 Triadic#936a59 Triadic#59936a Split complementary#938759 Split complementary#659359

Dark slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 28, 39, 0, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a5993 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 39 0 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 40 4 48

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 #6a5993 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a5993; }
.text { color: #6a5993; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a5993; }

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 #6a5993 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a5993 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 #6a5993 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 #6a5993 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #6a5993 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.