Dark slate blue

#54377d

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 soft purple at 265 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 #54377d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#54377d

RGB84, 55, 125

HSL265, 39%, 35%

HSV265, 56%, 49%

CMYK33%, 56%, 0%, 51%

Lab29.66, 28.74, -35.19

XYZ8.72, 6.1, 20.12

Decimal5519229

Web safe#663366

Pantone268 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#4d3273 #462e68 #3f295e #382554 #312049 #2a1c3f #231734 #1c122a #150e20 #0e0915

Tints of dark slate blue

#634193 #714aa8 #815bb7 #9271c0 #a286ca #b39cd3 #c4b2dd #d4c7e6 #e5ddf0 #f5f3fa

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#607d37 Analogous#373d7d Analogous#77377d Triadic#7d5437 Triadic#377d54 Split complementary#7d7737 Split complementary#3d7d37

Dark slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 33, 56, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #54377d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 56 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 56 4 57

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 #54377d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #54377d; }
.text { color: #54377d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #54377d; }

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 #54377d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #54377d 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 #54377d 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 #54377d 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 #54377d 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.