Dark slate blue

#5a2ca5

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

Dark slate blue falls in the purple range, deep and strong. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #5a2ca5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5a2ca5

RGB90, 44, 165

HSL263, 58%, 41%

HSV263, 73%, 65%

CMYK45%, 73%, 0%, 35%

Lab31.09, 47.2, -57.43

XYZ11.91, 6.69, 36.26

Decimal5909669

Web safe#663399

Pantone2736 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#522897 #4b2489 #43217b #3b1d6d #34195f #2c1550 #241242 #1d0e34 #150a26 #0d0618

Tints of dark slate blue

#6632bb #743ecc #8454d2 #946bd7 #a481dd #b497e3 #c4aee9 #d5c4ef #e5dbf5 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#77a52c Analogous#2c3aa5 Analogous#972ca5 Triadic#a55a2c Triadic#2ca55a Split complementary#a5972c Split complementary#3aa52c

Dark slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 45, 73, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5a2ca5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

45 73 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

45 71 4 41

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 #5a2ca5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5a2ca5; }
.text { color: #5a2ca5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a2ca5; }

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 #5a2ca5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5a2ca5 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 #5a2ca5 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 #5a2ca5 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 #5a2ca5 are worked out. 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.