Dark slate blue

#585374

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

Dark slate blue sits in the blue band, deep and muted. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #585374, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#585374

RGB88, 83, 116

HSL249, 17%, 39%

HSV249, 28%, 45%

CMYK24%, 28%, 0%, 55%

Lab36.97, 9.83, -18.07

XYZ10.27, 9.52, 17.82

Decimal5788532

Web safe#666666

Pantone5275 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#514c6a #494560 #423e57 #3a374d #333043 #2b2939 #24222f #1c1b25 #15141c #0e0d12

Tints of dark slate blue

#655f85 #726c96 #837da2 #938eae #a39fba #b4b0c7 #c4c1d3 #d4d2df #e5e4eb #f5f5f8

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#6f7453 Analogous#535e74 Analogous#695374 Triadic#745853 Triadic#537458 Split complementary#746953 Split complementary#5e7453

Dark slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 24, 28, 0, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #585374 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 28 0 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 30 4 61

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark slate blue in css

Copy #585374 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #585374; }
.text { color: #585374; }
.border { border: 2px solid #585374; }

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 #585374 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #585374 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #585374 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #585374 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 #585374 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.