Dark slate blue

#5341bb

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

Dark slate blue is a mid blue that reads grounded. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #5341bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5341bb

RGB83, 65, 187

HSL249, 48%, 49%

HSV249, 65%, 73%

CMYK56%, 65%, 0%, 27%

Lab36.38, 40.94, -61.94

XYZ14.43, 9.21, 48.03

Decimal5456315

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#4c3bab #44369a #3d308a #362a79 #2f2469 #271f58 #201948 #191338 #110e27 #0a0817

Tints of dark slate blue

#6251c3 #7263c9 #8275cf #9287d5 #a399db #b3aae2 #c3bce8 #d3ceee #e3e0f4 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#a9bb41 Analogous#416cbb Analogous#9041bb Triadic#bb5341 Triadic#41bb53 Split complementary#bb9041 Split complementary#6cbb41

Dark slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 56, 65, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5341bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

56 65 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 64 4 33

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 #5341bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5341bb; }
.text { color: #5341bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5341bb; }

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 #5341bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5341bb 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 #5341bb 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 #5341bb 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 #5341bb are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.