Dark slate blue

#263ba7

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 230 degrees. 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 #263ba7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#263ba7

RGB38, 59, 167

HSL230, 63%, 40%

HSV230, 77%, 65%

CMYK77%, 65%, 0%, 35%

Lab30.23, 31.45, -60.22

XYZ9.34, 6.33, 37.29

Decimal2505639

Web safe#333399

Pantone286 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#233699 #20318b #1c2c7c #19276e #162260 #131d52 #0f1844 #0c1335 #090e27 #060919

Tints of dark slate blue

#2b43be #354fd1 #4d63d6 #6478dc #7b8ce1 #93a0e6 #aab5ec #c2c9f1 #d9def6 #f0f2fc

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#a79226 Analogous#267ca7 Analogous#5126a7 Triadic#a7263b Triadic#3ba726 Split complementary#a75226 Split complementary#7ba726

Dark slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 77, 65, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #263ba7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

77 65 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

75 64 4 41

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 #263ba7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #263ba7; }
.text { color: #263ba7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #263ba7; }

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 #263ba7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #263ba7 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 #263ba7 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 #263ba7 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #263ba7 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.