Dark slate blue

#2450aa

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

This is Dark slate blue, a strong blue at 220 degrees. 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 #2450aa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2450aa

RGB36, 80, 170

HSL220, 65%, 40%

HSV220, 79%, 67%

CMYK79%, 53%, 0%, 33%

Lab36.01, 18.37, -52.6

XYZ10.85, 9.01, 39.2

Decimal2379946

Web safe#336699

Pantone293 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#21499c #1e428d #1b3c7f #183570 #152e62 #122753 #0f2045 #0b1a36 #081328 #050c19

Tints of dark slate blue

#295bc2 #3368d4 #4b7ad9 #638bde #7a9de3 #92aee8 #a9c0ed #c1d1f2 #d9e3f7 #f0f4fc

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#aa7e24 Analogous#2493aa Analogous#3b24aa Triadic#aa2450 Triadic#50aa24 Split complementary#aa3b24 Split complementary#93aa24

Dark slate blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 79, 53, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2450aa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

79 53 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

77 53 4 39

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 #2450aa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2450aa; }
.text { color: #2450aa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2450aa; }

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 #2450aa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2450aa 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 #2450aa 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 #2450aa 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 #2450aa 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.