Slate gray

#5a8193

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 #5a8193, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5a8193

RGB90, 129, 147

HSL199, 24%, 46%

HSV199, 39%, 58%

CMYK39%, 12%, 0%, 42%

Lab51.82, -8.77, -14.0

XYZ17.33, 19.98, 30.55

Decimal5931411

Web safe#669999

Pantone5415 C

Shades of slate gray

#527686 #4a6b79 #425f6d #3b5460 #334953 #2b3e46 #233239 #1b272d #131c20 #0c1113

Tints of slate gray

#658ea1 #759aab #85a5b4 #95b1be #a5bdc8 #b5c8d1 #c4d4db #d4e0e5 #e4ebef #f4f7f8

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#936c5a Analogous#5a9389 Analogous#5a6493 Triadic#935a81 Triadic#81935a Split complementary#935a64 Split complementary#93895a

Slate gray in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 39, 12, 0, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5a8193 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 12 0 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 15 4 48

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.

Slate gray in css

Copy #5a8193 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5a8193; }
.text { color: #5a8193; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a8193; }

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 #5a8193 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5a8193 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #5a8193 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn slate gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #5a8193 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #5a8193 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.