Dark slate gray

#214949

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

Dark slate gray lands where green meets blue, dark and soft. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Dark slate gray color values

Every conversion for #214949, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#214949

RGB33, 73, 73

HSL180, 38%, 21%

HSV180, 55%, 29%

CMYK55%, 0%, 0%, 71%

Lab28.3, -14.0, -4.33

XYZ4.21, 5.57, 7.16

Decimal2181449

Web safe#333333

Pantone316 C

Shades of dark slate gray

#1f4444 #1c3f3f #1a3939 #183434 #152f2f #132a2a #112525 #0e1f1f #0c1a1a #0a1515

Tints of dark slate gray

#2d6464 #397e7e #459999 #53b1b1 #6ebdbd #88c9c9 #a3d5d5 #bee1e1 #d8eded #f3f9f9

Colors that go with dark slate gray

Complementary#492121 Analogous#214935 Analogous#213549 Triadic#492149 Triadic#494921 Split complementary#492135 Split complementary#493521

Dark slate gray in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 55, 0, 0, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #214949 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

55 0 0 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

55 4 4 77

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 gray in css

Copy #214949 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #214949; }
.text { color: #214949; }
.border { border: 2px solid #214949; }

How dark slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #214949 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #214949 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #214949 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn dark slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #214949 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 gray, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #214949 is computed, not guessed. 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.