Dark slate blue

#6e3b8f

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

Dark slate blue falls in the purple range, deep and soft. 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 #6e3b8f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6e3b8f

RGB110, 59, 143

HSL276, 42%, 40%

HSV276, 59%, 56%

CMYK23%, 59%, 0%, 44%

Lab34.85, 38.1, -37.86

XYZ12.95, 8.43, 26.93

Decimal7224207

Web safe#663399

Pantone2593 C

Shades of dark slate blue

#653683 #5b3177 #522c6b #49275e #3f2252 #361d46 #2d183a #23132e #1a0e22 #110916

Tints of dark slate blue

#7e43a4 #8d4eb6 #9a63be #a877c7 #b58ccf #c2a0d8 #cfb5e0 #dcc9e9 #eadef1 #f7f2fa

Colors that go with dark slate blue

Complementary#5c8f3b Analogous#443b8f Analogous#8f3b86 Triadic#8f6e3b Triadic#3b8f6e Split complementary#868f3b Split complementary#3b8f44

Dark slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 23, 59, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6e3b8f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 59 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 58 4 50

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 blue in css

Copy #6e3b8f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6e3b8f; }
.text { color: #6e3b8f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6e3b8f; }

How dark slate blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6e3b8f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6e3b8f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #6e3b8f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn dark slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #6e3b8f 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 blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #6e3b8f are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.