Dark slate blue

#4e2e8a

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 #4e2e8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e2e8a

RGB78, 46, 138

HSL261, 50%, 36%

HSV261, 67%, 54%

CMYK43%, 67%, 0%, 46%

Lab27.87, 36.3, -46.23

XYZ8.71, 5.41, 24.63

Decimal5123722

Web safe#663399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#472a7e #412673 #3a2267 #341f5c #2d1b50 #271745 #201339 #1a0f2e #130b22 #0d0817

Tints of dark slate blue

#5b36a1 #683db8 #7850c5 #8a67cc #9c7ed4 #ae95dc #bface3 #d1c3eb #e3dbf3 #f5f2fb

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#6a8a2e Analogous#2e3c8a Analogous#7c2e8a Triadic#8a4e2e Triadic#2e8a4e Split complementary#8a7c2e Split complementary#3c8a2e

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 43, 67, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e2e8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 67 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 66 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 #4e2e8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e2e8a; }
.text { color: #4e2e8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e2e8a; }

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 #4e2e8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e2e8a 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 #4e2e8a 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 #4e2e8a 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

The figures for #4e2e8a 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.