Slate gray

#4b7381

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

Slate gray sits in the blue band, deep and muted. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Slate gray color values

Every conversion for #4b7381, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4b7381

RGB75, 115, 129

HSL196, 26%, 40%

HSV196, 42%, 51%

CMYK42%, 11%, 0%, 49%

Lab46.1, -10.09, -12.12

XYZ12.99, 15.34, 23.05

Decimal4944769

Web safe#336699

Pantone5415 C

Shades of slate gray

#456976 #3e5f6b #385660 #324c55 #2b424a #25383f #1e2f34 #182529 #121b1e #0b1113

Tints of slate gray

#568393 #6293a4 #749fae #86acb9 #99b8c3 #abc5ce #bdd1d9 #cfdee3 #e1ebee #f4f7f8

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#81594b Analogous#4b8174 Analogous#4b5881 Triadic#814b73 Triadic#73814b Split complementary#814b58 Split complementary#81744b

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 42, 11, 0, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4b7381 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 11 0 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 14 4 55

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.

Slate gray in css

Copy #4b7381 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4b7381; }
.text { color: #4b7381; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4b7381; }

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 #4b7381 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4b7381 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4b7381 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4b7381 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #4b7381 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.