Light slate gray

#5a8da2

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

Light slate gray is a mid blue that reads grounded. 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.

Light slate gray color values

Every conversion for #5a8da2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5a8da2

RGB90, 141, 162

HSL197, 29%, 49%

HSV197, 44%, 64%

CMYK44%, 13%, 0%, 36%

Lab55.92, -11.3, -16.46

XYZ20.26, 23.83, 37.71

Decimal5934498

Web safe#669999

Pantone549 C

Shades of light slate gray

#528194 #4a7486 #426877 #3a5b69 #324f5b #2b434d #23363e #1b2a30 #131e22 #0b1114

Tints of light slate gray

#6998ab #78a3b4 #87adbd #97b8c5 #a6c2ce #b6cdd6 #c5d7df #d5e2e7 #e4edf0 #f4f7f9

Colors that go with light slate gray

Complementary#a26f5a Analogous#5aa293 Analogous#5a69a2 Triadic#a25a8d Triadic#8da25a Split complementary#a25a69 Split complementary#a2935a

Light slate gray in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 44, 13, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5a8da2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 13 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 16 4 42

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.

Light slate gray in css

Copy #5a8da2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5a8da2; }
.text { color: #5a8da2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a8da2; }

How light slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #5a8da2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5a8da2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #5a8da2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light 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 light slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #5a8da2 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 light slate gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #5a8da2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.