Dark slate blue

#16366d

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 rich. 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 #16366d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#16366d

RGB22, 54, 109

HSL218, 66%, 26%

HSV218, 80%, 43%

CMYK80%, 50%, 0%, 57%

Lab23.38, 9.92, -35.37

XYZ4.41, 3.91, 14.99

Decimal1455725

Web safe#003366

Pantone295 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#143265 #132e5c #112a54 #0f254c #0e2143 #0c1d3b #0a1933 #09152a #071122 #050d19

Tints of dark slate blue

#1c458b #2254a9 #2863c7 #3c75d8 #5a8ade #78a0e4 #96b5ea #b4caf0 #d2dff6 #f0f5fc

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#6d4d16 Analogous#16626d Analogous#21166d Triadic#6d1636 Triadic#366d16 Split complementary#6d2116 Split complementary#626d16

Dark slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 80, 50, 0, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #16366d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

80 50 0 57

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

78 50 4 63

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark slate blue in css

Copy #16366d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #16366d; }
.text { color: #16366d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #16366d; }

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 #16366d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #16366d 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 #16366d 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 #16366d 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

The figures for #16366d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.