Dark slate blue

#4f507a

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

Dark slate blue sits in the blue band, deep and muted. 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 #4f507a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4f507a

RGB79, 80, 122

HSL239, 21%, 39%

HSV239, 35%, 48%

CMYK35%, 34%, 0%, 52%

Lab35.61, 10.46, -23.96

XYZ9.61, 8.8, 19.61

Decimal5197946

Web safe#666666

Pantone534 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#484970 #424265 #3b3c5b #343551 #2e2e46 #27273c #202132 #191a27 #13131d #0c0c13

Tints of dark slate blue

#5a5c8c #67689c #787aa8 #8a8bb3 #9c9dbf #adaeca #bfc0d6 #d1d1e1 #e2e3ed #f4f4f8

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#7a794f Analogous#4f667a Analogous#634f7a Triadic#7a4f50 Triadic#507a4f Split complementary#7a634f Split complementary#667a4f

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 35, 34, 0, 52.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4f507a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 34 0 52

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 35 4 58

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 #4f507a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4f507a; }
.text { color: #4f507a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4f507a; }

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 #4f507a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4f507a 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 #4f507a 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 #4f507a 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

Here is how the numbers for #4f507a are worked out. 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.