Slate gray

#596274

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, deep and muted. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Slate gray color values

Every conversion for #596274, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#596274

RGB89, 98, 116

HSL220, 13%, 40%

HSV220, 23%, 45%

CMYK23%, 16%, 0%, 55%

Lab41.41, 0.86, -11.29

XYZ11.64, 12.12, 18.25

Decimal5857908

Web safe#666666

Pantone5405 C

Shades of slate gray

#515a6a #4a5160 #424956 #3b414d #333843 #2c3039 #24282f #1c1f25 #15171b #0d0f11

Tints of slate gray

#657084 #737e94 #838da0 #939cac #a4abb9 #b4bac5 #c4c9d2 #d4d8de #e5e7eb #f5f6f7

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#746b59 Analogous#597074 Analogous#5d5974 Triadic#745962 Triadic#627459 Split complementary#745e59 Split complementary#707459

Slate gray in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 23, 16, 0, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #596274 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 16 0 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 19 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.

Slate gray in css

Copy #596274 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #596274; }
.text { color: #596274; }
.border { border: 2px solid #596274; }

How slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #596274 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #596274 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #596274 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #596274 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #596274 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.