Dark slate blue

#562b81

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 270 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 #562b81, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#562b81

RGB86, 43, 129

HSL270, 50%, 34%

HSV270, 67%, 51%

CMYK33%, 67%, 0%, 49%

Lab27.55, 37.32, -41.08

XYZ8.66, 5.29, 21.33

Decimal5647233

Web safe#663399

Pantone268 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#4f2776 #48246c #412061 #3a1d57 #33194c #2c1641 #251237 #1d0f2c #160b22 #0f0817

Tints of dark slate blue

#663399 #763bb1 #864ac3 #9662cb #a67ad3 #b692db #c6aae3 #d6c2eb #e6daf3 #f6f2fb

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#56812b Analogous#2b2b81 Analogous#812b81 Triadic#81562b Triadic#2b8156 Split complementary#81812b Split complementary#2b812b

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 33, 67, 0, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #562b81 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 67 0 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 66 4 55

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 #562b81 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #562b81; }
.text { color: #562b81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #562b81; }

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 #562b81 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #562b81 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 #562b81 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 #562b81 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 #562b81 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.