Dark slate blue

#5a3d73

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 soft. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #5a3d73, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5a3d73

RGB90, 61, 115

HSL272, 31%, 35%

HSV272, 47%, 45%

CMYK22%, 47%, 0%, 55%

Lab31.23, 24.15, -26.37

XYZ8.98, 6.75, 17.05

Decimal5913971

Web safe#663366

Pantone668 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#533869 #4b3360 #442e56 #3c294d #352443 #2d1f3a #261a30 #1f1527 #17101d #100b14

Tints of dark slate blue

#6a4888 #7a539c #8a63ac #9a77b7 #a98cc2 #b8a1cd #c8b5d8 #d7cae3 #e7dfee #f6f3f9

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#56733d Analogous#3f3d73 Analogous#733d71 Triadic#735a3d Triadic#3d735a Split complementary#71733d Split complementary#3d733f

Dark slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 22, 47, 0, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5a3d73 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 47 0 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 47 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Dark slate blue in css

Copy #5a3d73 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5a3d73; }
.text { color: #5a3d73; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a3d73; }

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 #5a3d73 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5a3d73 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 #5a3d73 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 #5a3d73 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 #5a3d73 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.