Dark slate blue

#052fa2

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 blue that reads serious. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #052fa2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#052fa2

RGB5, 47, 162

HSL224, 94%, 33%

HSV224, 97%, 64%

CMYK97%, 71%, 0%, 36%

Lab25.78, 35.31, -64.55

XYZ7.6, 4.67, 34.68

Decimal339874

Web safe#003399

Pantone286 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#052b95 #042788 #04237a #03206d #031c60 #031853 #021445 #021038 #010c2b #01091e

Tints of dark slate blue

#0638c2 #0741e1 #114ff8 #3066f9 #507dfa #7095fb #8facfc #afc3fd #cedbfd #eef2fe

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#a27805 Analogous#057da2 Analogous#2905a2 Triadic#a2052f Triadic#2fa205 Split complementary#a22a05 Split complementary#7da205

Dark slate blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 97, 71, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #052fa2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

97 71 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

93 69 4 42

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark slate blue in css

Copy #052fa2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #052fa2; }
.text { color: #052fa2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #052fa2; }

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 #052fa2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #052fa2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #052fa2 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #052fa2 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 #052fa2 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.