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the color Slate
The meaning of the color Slate and color combinations to inspire your next design.
Slate gets its name from the rock used as a popular building material. Slate’s color varies in nature and can be gray, blue, greenish-gray, dark red, black, tan, and even purplish-gray. It, however, most often refers to a medium-dark gray with hints of blue. The hex code for slate is #C0C2C9.
As a neutral, slate plays wonderfully with almost every hue. For a modern palette, combine slate with neutrals like beige and sand, and add in a bright accent color like orange. To bring out any blue or purple undertones in a specific variation of slate, combine it with the same hue.
Looking for a different hue? The following colors are related to slate.
Information about Slate / #C0C2C9
In a RGB color space (made from three colored lights for red, green, and blue), hex #C0C2C9 is made of 75.3% red, 76.1% green and 78.8% blue. In a CMYK color space (also known as process color, or four color, and used in color printing), hex #C0C2C9 is made of 4% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 21% black. Slate has a hue angle of 226.7 degrees, a saturation of 7.7% and a lightness of 77.1%.
Color conversion
The hexadecimal color #C0C2C9 has RGB values of R: 75.3, G: 76.1, B: 78.8 and CMYK values of C: 0.04, M: 0.03, Y: 0, K:0.21.
| Value | CSS | |
|---|---|---|
| Hex | c0c2c9 | #c0c2c9 |
| RGB Decimal | 192, 194, 201 | rgb(192, 194, 201) |
| RGB Percentage | 75.3, 76.1, 78.8 | rgb(75.3%, 76.1%, 78.8%) |
| CMYK | 4, 3, 0, 21 | |
| HSL | 226.7°, 7.7, 77.1 | hsl(226.7°, 7.7%, 77.1%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | 226.7°, 4.5, 78.8 | |
| Web Safe | cccccc | #cccccc |
| CIE-LAB | 78.466, 0.63, -3.745 | |
| XYZ | 51.571, 54.007, 62.954 | |
| xyY | 0.306, 0.32, 54.007 | |
| CIE-LCH | 78.466, 3.798, 279.553 | |
| CIE-LUV | 78.466, -1.51, -5.77 | |
| Hunter-Lab | 73.489, 0.589, -3.477 | |
| Binary | 11000000, 11000010, 11001001 |
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