Slate gray

#497b8a

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

Slate gray lands where green meets blue, deep and soft. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Slate gray color values

Every conversion for #497b8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#497b8a

RGB73, 123, 138

HSL194, 31%, 41%

HSV194, 47%, 54%

CMYK47%, 11%, 0%, 46%

Lab48.78, -12.57, -13.41

XYZ14.42, 17.42, 26.65

Decimal4815754

Web safe#336699

Pantone633 C

Shades of slate gray

#43707e #3d6672 #365b67 #30515b #2a464f #243c43 #1d3137 #17272c #111c20 #0b1214

Tints of slate gray

#538b9c #609aab #73a5b5 #85b1be #97bdc8 #aac9d2 #bcd4dc #cfe0e5 #e1ecef #f3f8f9

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#8a5849 Analogous#498a78 Analogous#495b8a Triadic#8a497b Triadic#7b8a49 Split complementary#8a495a Split complementary#8a7849

Slate gray in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 47, 11, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #497b8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 11 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 14 4 52

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.

Slate gray in css

Copy #497b8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #497b8a; }
.text { color: #497b8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #497b8a; }

How slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #497b8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #497b8a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #497b8a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #497b8a 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 slate gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #497b8a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.