Slate gray

#577b94

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

Slate gray is a mid blue that reads confident. 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 #577b94, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#577b94

RGB87, 123, 148

HSL205, 26%, 46%

HSV205, 41%, 58%

CMYK41%, 17%, 0%, 42%

Lab49.89, -5.9, -17.53

XYZ16.36, 18.33, 30.69

Decimal5733268

Web safe#666699

Pantone5415 C

Shades of slate gray

#4f7087 #48667a #405b6d #395061 #314654 #2a3b47 #22303a #1a252d #131b20 #0b1013

Tints of slate gray

#6288a3 #7294ac #82a1b6 #93adbf #a3b9c9 #b3c5d2 #c3d2dc #d3dee5 #e4eaef #f4f6f8

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#947057 Analogous#57948f Analogous#575c94 Triadic#94577b Triadic#7b9457 Split complementary#94575c Split complementary#948f57

Slate gray in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 41, 17, 0, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #577b94 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 17 0 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 20 4 48

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 #577b94 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #577b94; }
.text { color: #577b94; }
.border { border: 2px solid #577b94; }

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 #577b94 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #577b94 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 #577b94 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 #577b94 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 #577b94 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.