Dark slate blue

#253880

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 227 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 #253880, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#253880

RGB37, 56, 128

HSL227, 55%, 32%

HSV227, 71%, 50%

CMYK71%, 56%, 0%, 50%

Lab26.1, 18.43, -43.01

XYZ6.07, 4.78, 21.02

Decimal2439296

Web safe#333399

Pantone288 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#223376 #1f2f6b #1c2a61 #192656 #16214c #131d41 #101837 #0d142d #0a0f22 #070a18

Tints of dark slate blue

#2c4399 #344eb3 #405cc8 #5972cf #7287d6 #8c9dde #a5b2e5 #bec8ec #d8def4 #f1f3fb

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#806d25 Analogous#256680 Analogous#3f2580 Triadic#802538 Triadic#388025 Split complementary#804025 Split complementary#658025

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 71, 56, 0, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #253880 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 56 0 50

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 56 4 56

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 #253880 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #253880; }
.text { color: #253880; }
.border { border: 2px solid #253880; }

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 #253880 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #253880 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 #253880 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 #253880 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 #253880 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.