Dark slate blue

#4e2faa

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

This is Dark slate blue, a strong purple at 255 degrees. 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 #4e2faa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e2faa

RGB78, 47, 170

HSL255, 57%, 43%

HSV255, 72%, 67%

CMYK54%, 72%, 0%, 33%

Lab30.77, 45.08, -61.02

XYZ11.41, 6.56, 38.69

Decimal5124010

Web safe#663399

Pantone2736 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#472b9b #41278d #3a237e #331f70 #2c1b61 #261752 #1f1344 #180f35 #120b27 #0b0718

Tints of dark slate blue

#5835c0 #6745cb #785ad1 #8a70d7 #9b85dd #ad9be3 #bfb0e9 #d0c6ef #e2dbf5 #f4f1fb

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#8baa2f Analogous#2f4daa Analogous#8b2faa Triadic#aa4e2f Triadic#2faa4e Split complementary#aa8c2f Split complementary#4daa2f

Dark slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 54, 72, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e2faa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 72 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 70 4 39

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 blue in css

Copy #4e2faa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e2faa; }
.text { color: #4e2faa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e2faa; }

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 #4e2faa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e2faa against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4e2faa 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4e2faa 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 #4e2faa is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.