Dark slate blue

#6f3d8b

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

This is Dark slate blue, a soft purple at 278 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark slate blue color values

Every conversion for #6f3d8b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6f3d8b

RGB111, 61, 139

HSL278, 39%, 39%

HSV278, 56%, 55%

CMYK20%, 56%, 0%, 45%

Lab35.16, 36.31, -34.91

XYZ12.88, 8.58, 25.4

Decimal7290251

Web safe#663399

Pantone2593 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#66387f #5c3373 #532d68 #49285c #402350 #371e44 #2d1939 #24142d #1a0e21 #110915

Tints of dark slate blue

#7f469f #8f50b2 #9c64bb #a979c4 #b68dcd #c3a1d6 #d0b6df #ddcae8 #eadef1 #f7f3fa

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#598b3d Analogous#483d8b Analogous#8b3d80 Triadic#8b6f3d Triadic#3d8b6f Split complementary#808b3d Split complementary#3d8b48

Dark slate blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 20, 56, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6f3d8b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 56 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 56 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.

Dark slate blue in css

Copy #6f3d8b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6f3d8b; }
.text { color: #6f3d8b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6f3d8b; }

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 #6f3d8b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6f3d8b 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 #6f3d8b 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 #6f3d8b 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 #6f3d8b are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.