Dark slate gray

#4b6b6a

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

Dark slate gray is a deep teal, weighty between blue and green. Teals like this feel modern and clean. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Dark slate gray color values

Every conversion for #4b6b6a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4b6b6a

RGB75, 107, 106

HSL178, 18%, 36%

HSV178, 30%, 42%

CMYK30%, 0%, 1%, 58%

Lab42.84, -11.74, -3.18

XYZ10.76, 13.05, 15.59

Decimal4942698

Web safe#336666

Pantone5473 C

Shades of dark slate gray

#456261 #3f5958 #385050 #324747 #2c3e3e #263635 #1f2d2c #192423 #131b1b #0d1212

Tints of dark slate gray

#587d7c #658f8e #759e9d #87abaa #99b8b7 #acc5c4 #bed1d1 #d0dede #e2ebeb #f5f8f8

Colors that go with dark slate gray

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Dark slate gray in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 30, 0, 1, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4b6b6a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 0 1 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 4 5 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 #4b6b6a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4b6b6a; }
.text { color: #4b6b6a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4b6b6a; }

How dark slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4b6b6a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4b6b6a 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 #4b6b6a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business 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 #4b6b6a 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 gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #4b6b6a 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. 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.