Dark slate blue

#454c7a

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 muted blue at 232 degrees. 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 #454c7a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#454c7a

RGB69, 76, 122

HSL232, 28%, 37%

HSV232, 43%, 48%

CMYK43%, 38%, 0%, 52%

Lab33.65, 10.06, -27.09

XYZ8.55, 7.84, 19.47

Decimal4541562

Web safe#333366

Pantone534 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#3f4670 #393f66 #34395b #2e3251 #282c47 #22263d #1c1f32 #171928 #11131e #0b0c14

Tints of dark slate blue

#50588d #5b64a0 #6d75ac #8087b7 #939ac2 #a7accd #babed8 #cdd0e3 #e0e2ee #f4f4f9

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#7a7345 Analogous#45667a Analogous#59457a Triadic#7a454c Triadic#4c7a45 Split complementary#7a5945 Split complementary#667a45

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 43, 38, 0, 52.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #454c7a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 38 0 52

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 39 4 58

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 #454c7a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #454c7a; }
.text { color: #454c7a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #454c7a; }

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 #454c7a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #454c7a 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 #454c7a 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 #454c7a 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 #454c7a are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.