Dark slate blue

#553374

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #553374, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#553374

RGB85, 51, 116

HSL271, 39%, 33%

HSV271, 56%, 45%

CMYK27%, 56%, 0%, 55%

Lab28.27, 29.04, -31.72

XYZ8.08, 5.56, 17.17

Decimal5583732

Web safe#663366

Pantone268 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#4e2f6b #472b61 #402758 #39224e #321e45 #2b1a3b #241632 #1d1228 #170e1f #100915

Tints of dark slate blue

#663d8b #7647a1 #8655b4 #966bbe #a682c8 #b698d2 #c6afdc #d6c5e6 #e6dcf0 #f6f3fa

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#527433 Analogous#353374 Analogous#743372 Triadic#745533 Triadic#337455 Split complementary#737433 Split complementary#337434

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 27, 56, 0, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #553374 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 56 0 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 56 4 61

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 #553374 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #553374; }
.text { color: #553374; }
.border { border: 2px solid #553374; }

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 #553374 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #553374 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 #553374 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 #553374 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 #553374 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.