Information about Dark Slate color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly muted balanced grey tone, #465352 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Trout (#4C5356). Slightly further away sit Ox Gray (#414E54) and Dark Grayish Turquoise (#425954).
In RGB terms — rgb(70, 83, 82) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #465352: 8.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.6:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:67) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. The name "Dark Slate" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Dark Slate color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Dark Slate color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Dark Slate color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Dark Slate color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Dark Slate color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Dark Slate color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Dark Slate color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Dark Slate
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#4C5356
#414E54
#425954
#465659
#425459
#42594E
#4C4F56
#4E5552
#455859
#424E59
#4F5255
#495449
Dark Slate color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#465352
- RGB70, 83, 82
- CMYK5, 0, 0, 67
- CSSrgb(70, 83, 82)
- HSL175°, 8%, 30%
- HSL Precise175.385°, 8.497%, 30%
- HSV175°, 16%, 33%
- HSB175°, 16%, 33%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.275
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.325
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.322
- GLSLvec3(0.275, 0.325, 0.322)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.275, 0.325, 0.322, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.275, 0.325, 0.322)
- Percentage of Red in RGB27.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB32.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB32.2%
- Color FamilyCyan
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID465352
- DECIMAL ID4608850
- Name Length10
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