Dark slate blue

#70538a

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

Dark slate blue is a deep purple with a rich cast. 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 #70538a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#70538a
RGB112, 83, 138
HSL272, 25%, 43%
HSV272, 40%, 54%
CMYK19%, 40%, 0%, 46%
Lab40.35, 23.41, -26.12
XYZ14.36, 11.47, 25.5
Decimal7361418
Web safe#666699
Pantone668 C
Pantone668 CHex#70538aRgb112 83 138Cmyk19 40 0 46Lab40 23 -26Darker#281d31Deep#4c385dLighter#947aab

Shades of dark slate blue

Tints of dark slate blue

Colors that go with dark slate blue

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 19, 40, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #70538a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
19 40 0 46
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
21 41 4 52
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 #70538a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #70538a; }
.text { color: #70538a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #70538a; }

How dark slate blue looks on light and dark

Dark slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #70538a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
6.38:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
3.29:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #70538a 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 #70538a sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #70538a and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dark slate blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #70538a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.