Light slate gray

#9099a2

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

Light slate gray sits in the blue band, mid and grey. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light slate gray color values

Every conversion for #9099a2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9099a2

RGB144, 153, 162

HSL210, 9%, 60%

HSV210, 11%, 64%

CMYK11%, 6%, 0%, 36%

Lab62.78, -1.35, -5.82

XYZ29.41, 31.32, 38.68

Decimal9476514

Web safe#999999

Pantone5425 C

Shades of light slate gray

#818b95 #727d89 #66707a #59626b #4d545c #40464d #34393e #272b2f #1b1d20 #0e0f11

Tints of light slate gray

#9aa2aa #a4acb3 #aeb5bb #b9bec4 #c3c8cc #cdd1d5 #d7dadd #e1e3e6 #ebedee #f5f6f7

Colors that go with light slate gray

Complementary#a29990 Analogous#90a2a2 Analogous#9090a2 Triadic#a29099 Triadic#99a290 Split complementary#a29090 Split complementary#a2a290

Light 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 11, 6, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9099a2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 6 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 10 4 42

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.

Light slate gray in css

Copy #9099a2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9099a2; }
.text { color: #9099a2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9099a2; }

How light slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9099a2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9099a2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9099a2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light slate gray? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9099a2 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 light slate gray, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #9099a2 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.