Dark slate gray

#456a5c

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

Dark slate gray sits in the green range, deep and muted. Deep greens like this read established and premium. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Dark slate gray color values

Every conversion for #456a5c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#456a5c
RGB69, 106, 92
HSL157, 21%, 34%
HSV157, 35%, 42%
CMYK35%, 0%, 13%, 58%
Lab41.76, -16.6, 3.68
XYZ9.54, 12.35, 12.01
Decimal4549212
Web safe#336666
Pantone5545 C
Pantone5545 CHex#456a5cRgb69 106 92Cmyk35 0 13 58Lab42 -17 4Darker#182520Deep#293f36Lighter#649381

Shades of dark slate gray

Tints of dark slate gray

Colors that go with dark slate gray

Dark slate gray in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 35, 0, 13, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #456a5c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
35 0 13 58
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
36 4 16 64
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 #456a5c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #456a5c; }
.text { color: #456a5c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #456a5c; }

How dark slate gray looks on light and dark

Dark slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #456a5c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
6.05:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
3.47:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #456a5c 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 #456a5c sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #456a5c and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark slate gray, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #456a5c is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.