Dark slate blue

#0846ae

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 weighty. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #0846ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0846ae

RGB8, 70, 174

HSL218, 91%, 36%

HSV218, 95%, 68%

CMYK95%, 60%, 0%, 32%

Lab32.89, 24.75, -60.09

XYZ9.93, 7.49, 40.97

Decimal542382

Web safe#003399

Pantone2728 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#0740a0 #073a91 #063583 #052f74 #052966 #042357 #031d49 #03173a #02122c #010c1d

Tints of dark slate blue

#0952cc #0b5ee9 #1e6ef5 #3c81f6 #5a95f7 #77a8f9 #95bbfa #b3cefb #d0e1fd #eef4fe

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#ae7008 Analogous#0899ae Analogous#1d08ae Triadic#ae0846 Triadic#46ae08 Split complementary#ae1d08 Split complementary#99ae08

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 95, 60, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0846ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

95 60 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

91 59 4 38

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 #0846ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0846ae; }
.text { color: #0846ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0846ae; }

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 #0846ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0846ae 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 #0846ae 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 #0846ae 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 #0846ae 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.