Slate gray

#6e7e8b

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Slate gray color values

Every conversion for #6e7e8b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6e7e8b

RGB110, 126, 139

HSL207, 12%, 49%

HSV207, 21%, 55%

CMYK21%, 9%, 0%, 45%

Lab51.95, -2.86, -9.0

XYZ18.55, 20.1, 27.33

Decimal7241355

Web safe#666699

Pantone5415 C

Shades of slate gray

#64737f #5b6873 #515d66 #47525a #3e474e #343c42 #2a3136 #212629 #171b1d #0e0f11

Tints of slate gray

#7b8a96 #8896a1 #96a2ac #a4aeb7 #b1bac1 #bfc6cc #ccd2d7 #dadee2 #e7eaec #f5f6f7

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#8b7b6e Analogous#6e8b89 Analogous#6e708b Triadic#8b6e7e Triadic#7e8b6e Split complementary#8b6e70 Split complementary#8b896e

Slate gray in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 21, 9, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6e7e8b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 9 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 12 4 51

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 #6e7e8b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6e7e8b; }
.text { color: #6e7e8b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6e7e8b; }

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 #6e7e8b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6e7e8b 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 #6e7e8b 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 #6e7e8b 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

Every value on this page for #6e7e8b is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.