Slate blue

#2f4ac3

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

This is Slate blue, a strong blue at 229 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #2f4ac3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2f4ac3

RGB47, 74, 195

HSL229, 61%, 47%

HSV229, 76%, 76%

CMYK76%, 62%, 0%, 24%

Lab36.82, 33.01, -66.0

XYZ13.47, 9.44, 52.74

Decimal3099331

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2728 C

Shades of slate blue

#2b44b2 #273da1 #233790 #1f307f #1a2a6e #16235d #121d4c #0e163b #0a102a #060919

Tints of slate blue

#3b56d0 #4f68d5 #6479da #788ade #8c9ce3 #a0ade8 #b4bfed #c8d0f2 #dce1f7 #f1f3fc

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#c3a82f Analogous#2f94c3 Analogous#5e2fc3 Triadic#c32f4a Triadic#4ac32f Split complementary#c35e2f Split complementary#94c32f

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 76, 62, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2f4ac3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

76 62 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

74 61 4 30

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.

Slate blue in css

Copy #2f4ac3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2f4ac3; }
.text { color: #2f4ac3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2f4ac3; }

How slate blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #2f4ac3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2f4ac3 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #2f4ac3 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #2f4ac3 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 slate blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #2f4ac3 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.