Dark slate blue

#4a348b

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

Dark slate blue falls in the purple range, deep and soft. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #4a348b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4a348b

RGB74, 52, 139

HSL255, 46%, 37%

HSV255, 63%, 55%

CMYK47%, 63%, 0%, 45%

Lab28.84, 32.17, -45.29

XYZ8.71, 5.78, 25.08

Decimal4863115

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#44307f #3e2b74 #372768 #31235c #2b1e51 #251a45 #1e1539 #18112e #120d22 #0c0816

Tints of dark slate blue

#563ca1 #6144b7 #7359c1 #856fc9 #9884d1 #aa9ad9 #bdb0e2 #cfc6ea #e2dcf2 #f4f2fa

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#758b34 Analogous#34498b Analogous#76348b Triadic#8b4a34 Triadic#348b4a Split complementary#8b7634 Split complementary#498b34

Dark slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 47, 63, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4a348b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 63 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 62 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 #4a348b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4a348b; }
.text { color: #4a348b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4a348b; }

How dark slate blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Dark slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4a348b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4a348b 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 #4a348b 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 #4a348b 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #4a348b are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.