Dark slate gray

#4b5259

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

Dark slate gray sits in the blue band, deep and grey. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Dark slate gray color values

Every conversion for #4b5259, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4b5259

RGB75, 82, 89

HSL210, 9%, 32%

HSV210, 16%, 35%

CMYK16%, 8%, 0%, 65%

Lab34.5, -1.12, -5.04

XYZ7.72, 8.25, 10.64

Decimal4936281

Web safe#336666

Pantone432 C

Shades of dark slate gray

#454b52 #3f454b #393e43 #33373c #2c3135 #262a2e #202326 #1a1d1f #141618 #0e0f11

Tints of dark slate gray

#5a626b #69737d #79838e #8a949d #9ca4ac #aeb4bb #c0c5ca #d2d5d9 #e4e6e8 #f5f6f7

Colors that go with dark slate gray

Complementary#59524b Analogous#4b5959 Analogous#4b4b59 Triadic#594b52 Triadic#52594b Split complementary#594b4b Split complementary#59594b

Dark slate gray in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 16, 8, 0, 65.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4b5259 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 8 0 65

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 11 4 71

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark slate gray in css

Copy #4b5259 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4b5259; }
.text { color: #4b5259; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4b5259; }

How dark slate gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark slate gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4b5259 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4b5259 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4b5259 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark slate gray? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4b5259 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 gray, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #4b5259 are worked out. 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.