Dark slate blue

#30538f

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

Dark slate blue sits in the blue band, deep and soft. 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 #30538f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#30538f

RGB48, 83, 143

HSL218, 50%, 37%

HSV218, 66%, 56%

CMYK66%, 42%, 0%, 44%

Lab35.59, 7.77, -37.0

XYZ9.27, 8.8, 27.2

Decimal3167119

Web safe#336699

Pantone653 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#2c4c83 #284577 #243e6b #20375f #1c3053 #182947 #14223b #101b2f #0c1423 #080d17

Tints of dark slate blue

#3860a6 #3f6dbc #547ec6 #6a8fcd #81a0d5 #97b1dc #aec2e4 #c5d3eb #dbe4f3 #f2f5fb

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#8f6c30 Analogous#30838f Analogous#3c308f Triadic#8f3053 Triadic#538f30 Split complementary#8f3d30 Split complementary#838f30

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 66, 42, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #30538f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 42 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 43 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 #30538f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #30538f; }
.text { color: #30538f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #30538f; }

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 #30538f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #30538f 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 #30538f 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 #30538f 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

Every value on this page for #30538f is computed, not guessed. 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.