Slate gray

#677d8a

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 #677d8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#677d8a

RGB103, 125, 138

HSL202, 15%, 47%

HSV202, 25%, 54%

CMYK25%, 9%, 0%, 46%

Lab51.14, -4.85, -9.69

XYZ17.51, 19.39, 26.86

Decimal6782346

Web safe#666699

Pantone5415 C

Shades of slate gray

#5e727e #556772 #4c5c66 #43515a #3a464e #313c42 #283136 #1f262a #161b1e #0d1012

Tints of slate gray

#738a97 #8296a2 #90a2ac #9eaeb7 #adbac2 #bbc6cc #cad2d7 #d8dee2 #e6eaed #f5f6f7

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#8a7467 Analogous#678a85 Analogous#676c8a Triadic#8a677d Triadic#7d8a67 Split complementary#8a676c Split complementary#8a8567

Slate gray in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 25, 9, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #677d8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 9 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 12 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Slate gray in css

Copy #677d8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #677d8a; }
.text { color: #677d8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #677d8a; }

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 #677d8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #677d8a 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 #677d8a 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 #677d8a 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #677d8a 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.