Information about Slate Grey color
Basic facts about this digital color
#59656D is a softly toned sky-leaning azure that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. In practice it works well for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Black Coral (#54626F). Slightly further away sit Quadrant Grey (#595E6B) and Shuttle Grey (#61666B).
The recipe behind #59656D is rgb(89, 101, 109), with blue as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #59656D: 6.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 3.5:1 for black. The name "Slate Grey" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Slate Grey color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Slate Grey color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Slate Grey color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Slate Grey color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Slate Grey color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Slate Grey 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 Slate Grey color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Slate Grey
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#54626F
#595E6B
#61666B
#536872
#5E6267
#516572
#4F666A
#605D6B
#4F6971
#636373
#4D646C
#505F67
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#59656D
- RGB89, 101, 109
- CMYK8, 3, 0, 57
- CSSrgb(89, 101, 109)
- HSL204°, 10%, 39%
- HSL Precise204°, 10.101%, 38.824%
- HSV204°, 18%, 43%
- HSB204°, 18%, 43%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.349
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.396
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.427
- GLSLvec3(0.349, 0.396, 0.427)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.349, 0.396, 0.427, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.349, 0.396, 0.427)
- Percentage of Red in RGB34.9%
- Percentage of Green in RGB39.6%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB42.7%
- Color FamilyAzure
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID59656D
- DECIMAL ID5858669
- Name Length10
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- Counting from2025-01-01
