Slate

The color code of Slate indicates, that blue is the main light source among the primary colors red, green and blue. Together with green it forms the basic color cyan, which determines the initial color impression along with the remains of blue. Learn more …

But due to the large amount of achromatic basic colors like black and white the colorfulness of Slate is strongly limited: The mixture ratio between chromatic and achromatic basic colors results in 17 % saturation. Since the inherent brightness of its contained basic colors sums up to a perceived brightness of 41 %, Slate is a rather dark color.

Hex	`#556b7f`
RGB	`rgb(85, 107, 127)`
HSL*	`hsl(209, 20%, 42%)`
Lab*	`44.2 -2.98 -13.74`
CMYK*	`33% 16% 0% 50%`

* approximated values

Basic colors

50 %

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