Dark slate blue

#4a5b8a

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

Dark slate blue is a deep blue that reads serious. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #4a5b8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4a5b8a

RGB74, 91, 138

HSL224, 30%, 42%

HSV224, 46%, 54%

CMYK46%, 34%, 0%, 46%

Lab39.2, 6.87, -28.17

XYZ11.15, 10.77, 25.54

Decimal4873098

Web safe#336699

Pantone653 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#44537e #3d4b72 #374467 #313c5b #2a344f #242c43 #1e2437 #171d2c #111520 #0b0d14

Tints of dark slate blue

#54679c #6175ab #7485b4 #8695be #98a5c8 #aab5d2 #bdc5db #cfd5e5 #e1e5ef #f3f5f9

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#8a794a Analogous#4a7b8a Analogous#594a8a Triadic#8a4a5b Triadic#5b8a4a Split complementary#8a594a Split complementary#7b8a4a

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 46, 34, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4a5b8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 34 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 35 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark slate blue in css

Copy #4a5b8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4a5b8a; }
.text { color: #4a5b8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4a5b8a; }

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 #4a5b8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4a5b8a 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 #4a5b8a 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 #4a5b8a 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

Every value on this page for #4a5b8a is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.