Light slate gray

#5f8ea7

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

Light slate gray sits in the blue band, mid and muted. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Light slate gray color values

Every conversion for #5f8ea7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5f8ea7

RGB95, 142, 167

HSL201, 29%, 51%

HSV201, 43%, 65%

CMYK43%, 15%, 0%, 35%

Lab56.65, -9.14, -18.18

XYZ21.37, 24.57, 40.18

Decimal6262439

Web safe#669999

Pantone549 C

Shades of light slate gray

#55829a #4d758b #44697c #3c5c6d #34505e #2c434f #233641 #1b2a32 #131d23 #0b1114

Tints of light slate gray

#6e98af #7da3b7 #8cadbf #9ab8c8 #a9c2d0 #b8cdd8 #c7d7e0 #d6e2e8 #e5ecf0 #f3f7f9

Colors that go with light slate gray

Complementary#a7785f Analogous#5fa79c Analogous#5f6aa7 Triadic#a75f8e Triadic#8ea75f Split complementary#a75f6a Split complementary#a79c5f

Light slate gray in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 43, 15, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5f8ea7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 15 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 18 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.

Light slate gray in css

Copy #5f8ea7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5f8ea7; }
.text { color: #5f8ea7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5f8ea7; }

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 #5f8ea7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5f8ea7 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 #5f8ea7 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 #5f8ea7 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

Here is how the numbers for #5f8ea7 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.