Dark slate blue

#56529c

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 blue at 243 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #56529c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#56529c

RGB86, 82, 156

HSL243, 31%, 47%

HSV243, 47%, 61%

CMYK45%, 47%, 0%, 39%

Lab38.57, 21.43, -39.96

XYZ12.86, 10.41, 32.78

Decimal5657244

Web safe#666699

Pantone660 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#4f4b8e #474481 #403d73 #383566 #312e58 #29274a #22203d #1a192f #131222 #0b0b14

Tints of dark slate blue

#625daa #726eb3 #827fbc #928fc4 #a2a0cd #b3b1d6 #c3c1df #d3d2e7 #e3e3f0 #f4f3f9

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#989c52 Analogous#52739c Analogous#7b529c Triadic#9c5652 Triadic#529c56 Split complementary#9c7b52 Split complementary#739c52

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 45, 47, 0, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #56529c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

45 47 0 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

45 47 4 45

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 #56529c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #56529c; }
.text { color: #56529c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #56529c; }

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 #56529c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #56529c 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 #56529c 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 #56529c 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

The figures for #56529c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.