Slate gray

#677ea2

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

Slate gray is a mid blue that reads grounded. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Slate gray color values

Every conversion for #677ea2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#677ea2

RGB103, 126, 162

HSL217, 24%, 52%

HSV217, 36%, 64%

CMYK36%, 22%, 0%, 36%

Lab52.3, 0.87, -21.92

XYZ19.58, 20.41, 37.09

Decimal6782626

Web safe#666699

Pantone652 C

Shades of slate gray

#5c7296 #536787 #4a5c79 #41516a #38465c #2f3b4d #26303f #1d2530 #151a22 #0c0e13

Tints of slate gray

#758aab #8396b3 #91a2bc #9faec4 #adbacd #bcc6d6 #cad2de #d8dee7 #e6eaf0 #f4f6f8

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#a28b67 Analogous#679ba2 Analogous#6d67a2 Triadic#a2677e Triadic#7ea267 Split complementary#a26d67 Split complementary#9ba267

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 36, 22, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #677ea2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 22 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 24 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.

Slate gray in css

Copy #677ea2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #677ea2; }
.text { color: #677ea2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #677ea2; }

How slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #677ea2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #677ea2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #677ea2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #677ea2 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 slate gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #677ea2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.