Dark slate gray

#304c4b

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

This is Dark slate gray, a muted teal at 178 degrees. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Dark slate gray color values

Every conversion for #304c4b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#304c4b

RGB48, 76, 75

HSL178, 23%, 24%

HSV178, 37%, 30%

CMYK37%, 0%, 1%, 70%

Lab30.17, -10.75, -2.77

XYZ5.07, 6.31, 7.61

Decimal3165259

Web safe#333333

Pantone5477 C

Shades of dark slate gray

#2c4645 #294140 #253b3a #223534 #1e2f2f #1a2a29 #172423 #131e1e #0f1818 #0c1313

Tints of dark slate gray

#3e6361 #4d7978 #5b908e #6da3a1 #83b1af #9abfbe #b0cdcc #c7dcdb #ddeae9 #f4f8f8

Colors that go with dark slate gray

Complementary#4c3031 Analogous#304c3d Analogous#303f4c Triadic#4b304c Triadic#4c4b30 Split complementary#4c303f Split complementary#4c3d30

Dark slate gray in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 37, 0, 1, 70.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #304c4b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 0 1 70

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 4 5 76

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 gray in css

Copy #304c4b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #304c4b; }
.text { color: #304c4b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #304c4b; }

How dark slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #304c4b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #304c4b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #304c4b sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark slate gray? 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 gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #304c4b 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 gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #304c4b come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.