Light slate gray

#9d9eb3

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

Light 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.

Light slate gray color values

Every conversion for #9d9eb3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9d9eb3

RGB157, 158, 179

HSL237, 13%, 66%

HSV237, 12%, 70%

CMYK12%, 12%, 0%, 30%

Lab65.65, 3.92, -10.98

XYZ34.27, 34.88, 47.57

Decimal10329779

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone535 C

Shades of light slate gray

#8c8da6 #7b7c98 #6b6c8a #5d5f78 #505167 #434456 #353645 #282934 #1b1b22 #0d0e11

Tints of light slate gray

#a6a7ba #afafc1 #b7b8c7 #c0c1ce #c9cad5 #d2d2dc #dbdbe3 #e3e4ea #ececf0 #f5f5f7

Colors that go with light slate gray

Complementary#b3b29d Analogous#9da9b3 Analogous#a79db3 Triadic#b39d9e Triadic#9eb39d Split complementary#b3a79d Split complementary#a9b39d

Light slate gray in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 12, 12, 0, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9d9eb3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 12 0 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 15 4 36

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.

Light slate gray in css

Copy #9d9eb3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9d9eb3; }
.text { color: #9d9eb3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9d9eb3; }

How light slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9d9eb3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9d9eb3 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9d9eb3 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light 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 light slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9d9eb3 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 light slate gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #9d9eb3 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.