Dark slate blue

#293d8e

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 228 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 #293d8e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#293d8e

RGB41, 61, 142

HSL228, 55%, 36%

HSV228, 71%, 56%

CMYK71%, 57%, 0%, 44%

Lab28.8, 21.01, -47.32

XYZ7.47, 5.76, 26.31

Decimal2702734

Web safe#333399

Pantone287 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#263882 #223376 #1f2e6b #1b295f #182453 #151f47 #11193b #0e142f #0a0f24 #070a18

Tints of dark slate blue

#3047a6 #3752be #4963cb #6177d1 #798cd8 #91a1df #a9b5e6 #c1caed #d9def4 #f1f3fb

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#8e7a29 Analogous#29708e Analogous#47298e Triadic#8e293d Triadic#3d8e29 Split complementary#8e4729 Split complementary#708e29

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, 57, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #293d8e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 57 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 56 4 50

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 blue in css

Copy #293d8e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #293d8e; }
.text { color: #293d8e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #293d8e; }

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 #293d8e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #293d8e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #293d8e 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #293d8e 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 #293d8e are worked out. 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.