Dark slate blue

#3953ac

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, mid and soft. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #3953ac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3953ac

RGB57, 83, 172

HSL226, 50%, 45%

HSV226, 67%, 67%

CMYK67%, 52%, 0%, 33%

Lab37.91, 20.06, -50.68

XYZ12.23, 10.03, 40.32

Decimal3756972

Web safe#336699

Pantone293 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#344c9d #2f458e #2a3d7f #253670 #202f61 #1b2853 #162144 #111935 #0d1226 #080b17

Tints of dark slate blue

#405dc0 #536dc6 #677ecd #7b8fd3 #8fa0da #a3b1e0 #b6c1e7 #cad2ed #dee3f4 #f2f4fb

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#ac9239 Analogous#398dac Analogous#5839ac Triadic#ac3953 Triadic#53ac39 Split complementary#ac5839 Split complementary#8dac39

Dark slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 67, 52, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3953ac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 52 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 52 4 39

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 #3953ac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3953ac; }
.text { color: #3953ac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3953ac; }

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 #3953ac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3953ac 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 #3953ac 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 #3953ac 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

Here is how the numbers for #3953ac are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.