Slate gray

#57718e

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

Slate gray sits in the blue band, mid and muted. 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.

Slate gray color values

Every conversion for #57718e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#57718e

RGB87, 113, 142

HSL212, 24%, 45%

HSV212, 39%, 56%

CMYK39%, 20%, 0%, 44%

Lab46.7, -1.75, -18.88

XYZ14.72, 15.79, 27.86

Decimal5730702

Web safe#666699

Pantone646 C

Shades of slate gray

#4f6782 #485d75 #405469 #394a5d #314050 #2a3644 #222c38 #1b232c #13191f #0c0f13

Tints of slate gray

#617e9e #718ba8 #8299b2 #92a6bc #a2b3c6 #b3c1d0 #c3ceda #d3dbe4 #e4e9ee #f4f6f8

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#8e7457 Analogous#578d8e Analogous#58578e Triadic#8e5771 Triadic#718e57 Split complementary#8e5957 Split complementary#8d8e57

Slate gray in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 39, 20, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #57718e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 20 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 22 4 50

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.

Slate gray in css

Copy #57718e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #57718e; }
.text { color: #57718e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #57718e; }

How slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #57718e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #57718e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #57718e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #57718e 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 slate gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #57718e 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. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.