Dark slate blue

#5b3bbc

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, mid and soft. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #5b3bbc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5b3bbc

RGB91, 59, 188

HSL255, 52%, 48%

HSV255, 69%, 74%

CMYK52%, 69%, 0%, 26%

Lab35.95, 46.01, -63.19

XYZ14.96, 8.98, 48.52

Decimal5979068

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#5336ac #4b319b #432b8b #3b267a #33216a #2b1c59 #231749 #1b1238 #130c28 #0b0717

Tints of dark slate blue

#6849c6 #785ccc #876fd2 #9781d8 #a694dd #b6a7e3 #c5b9e9 #d5ccef #e4dff5 #f4f1fb

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#9cbc3b Analogous#3b5bbc Analogous#9c3bbc Triadic#bc5b3b Triadic#3bbc5b Split complementary#bc9c3b Split complementary#5bbc3b

Dark slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 52, 69, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5b3bbc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

52 69 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

52 67 4 32

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 #5b3bbc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5b3bbc; }
.text { color: #5b3bbc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5b3bbc; }

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 #5b3bbc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5b3bbc 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 #5b3bbc 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 #5b3bbc 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 #5b3bbc are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.