Dark slate blue

#41288d

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 purple at 255 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #41288d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#41288d

RGB65, 40, 141

HSL255, 56%, 35%

HSV255, 72%, 55%

CMYK54%, 72%, 0%, 45%

Lab25.46, 38.09, -52.08

XYZ7.75, 4.56, 25.67

Decimal4270221

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#3c2581 #362176 #311e6a #2b1b5e #261752 #211447 #1b113b #160d2f #100a24 #0b0718

Tints of dark slate blue

#4c2fa5 #5736bd #6847cb #7c60d2 #9078d9 #a490e0 #b8a8e6 #ccc1ed #e0d9f4 #f4f1fb

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#748d28 Analogous#28418d Analogous#74288d Triadic#8d4128 Triadic#288d41 Split complementary#8d7428 Split complementary#418d28

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 54, 72, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #41288d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 72 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 70 4 51

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 #41288d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #41288d; }
.text { color: #41288d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #41288d; }

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 #41288d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #41288d 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 #41288d 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 #41288d 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 #41288d are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.