Slate gray

#70758b

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 grey. 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 #70758b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#70758b

RGB112, 117, 139

HSL229, 11%, 49%

HSV229, 19%, 55%

CMYK19%, 16%, 0%, 45%

Lab49.53, 3.07, -12.62

XYZ17.7, 18.03, 26.97

Decimal7370123

Web safe#666699

Pantone5285 C

Shades of slate gray

#666b7f #5c6073 #525666 #494c5a #3f424e #353742 #2b2d36 #212329 #17191d #0e0e11

Tints of slate gray

#7d8296 #8a8ea1 #989bac #a5a8b6 #b2b5c1 #c0c2cc #cdcfd7 #dadce2 #e8e9ec #f5f5f7

Colors that go with slate gray

Complementary#8b8670 Analogous#70828b Analogous#79708b Triadic#8b7075 Triadic#758b70 Split complementary#8b7970 Split complementary#838b70

Slate gray in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 19, 16, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #70758b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 16 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 19 4 51

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 #70758b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #70758b; }
.text { color: #70758b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #70758b; }

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 #70758b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #70758b 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 #70758b 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 #70758b 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

Here is how the numbers for #70758b 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.