Slate gray

#6a769f

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

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.

Slate gray color values

Every conversion for #6a769f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a769f

RGB106, 118, 159

HSL226, 22%, 52%

HSV226, 33%, 62%

CMYK33%, 26%, 0%, 38%

Lab50.13, 5.68, -23.5

XYZ18.68, 18.52, 35.39

Decimal6977183

Web safe#666699

Pantone652 C

Shades of slate gray

#5f6a93 #556085 #4c5676 #434b68 #3a415a #31374c #282c3d #1e222f #151821 #0c0d13

Tints of slate gray

#7883a8 #868fb1 #939cba #a1a9c3 #afb6cc #bdc2d4 #cbcfdd #d9dce6 #e6e8ef #f4f5f8

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#9f936a Analogous#6a919f Analogous#796a9f Triadic#9f6a76 Triadic#769f6a Split complementary#9f796a Split complementary#919f6a

Slate gray in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 33, 26, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a769f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 26 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 28 4 44

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 #6a769f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a769f; }
.text { color: #6a769f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a769f; }

How slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6a769f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a769f 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 #6a769f 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 #6a769f 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #6a769f is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.