Light slate gray

#558fa5

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

Light slate gray sits in the blue band, mid and soft. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light slate gray color values

Every conversion for #558fa5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#558fa5

RGB85, 143, 165

HSL196, 32%, 49%

HSV196, 48%, 65%

CMYK48%, 13%, 0%, 35%

Lab56.38, -12.81, -17.5

XYZ20.36, 24.29, 39.21

Decimal5607333

Web safe#669999

Pantone549 C

Shades of light slate gray

#4e8297 #467688 #3f697a #375d6b #30505d #28444e #213740 #192b31 #121e23 #0a1214

Tints of light slate gray

#639aaf #73a4b7 #83afbf #93b9c8 #a3c4d0 #b3ced8 #c3d8e0 #d3e3e8 #e3edf1 #f3f7f9

Colors that go with light slate gray

Complementary#a56b55 Analogous#55a593 Analogous#5567a5 Triadic#a5558f Triadic#8fa555 Split complementary#a55567 Split complementary#a59355

Light slate gray in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 48, 13, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #558fa5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 13 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 16 4 41

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.

Light slate gray in css

Copy #558fa5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #558fa5; }
.text { color: #558fa5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #558fa5; }

How light slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #558fa5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #558fa5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #558fa5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light slate gray? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn light slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #558fa5 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 light slate gray, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #558fa5 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.