Dark slate blue

#4b5572

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 weighty. 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 #4b5572, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4b5572

RGB75, 85, 114

HSL225, 21%, 37%

HSV225, 34%, 45%

CMYK34%, 25%, 0%, 55%

Lab36.38, 3.69, -17.83

XYZ9.19, 9.21, 17.21

Decimal4937074

Web safe#336666

Pantone534 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#454e68 #3e475f #384055 #32394c #2c3142 #252a39 #1f232f #191c26 #12151c #0c0e12

Tints of dark slate blue

#576384 #637097 #7480a4 #8791b0 #99a2bc #abb2c8 #bdc3d4 #d0d4e0 #e2e4ec #f4f5f8

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#72684b Analogous#4b6872 Analogous#554b72 Triadic#724b55 Triadic#55724b Split complementary#72554b Split complementary#68724b

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 34, 25, 0, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4b5572 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

34 25 0 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

35 27 4 61

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 #4b5572 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4b5572; }
.text { color: #4b5572; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4b5572; }

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 #4b5572 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4b5572 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 #4b5572 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 #4b5572 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 #4b5572 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.