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blue · 13 palettes

Slate Color

About Slate Color

Slate Color is a deep, near-neutral blue tone. Its hex value is #34454c — that is RGB 52, 69, 76, or HSL 198°, 19%, 25%.

It holds 10.0:1 contrast against white, so Slate Color works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 10.0:1; on black 2.1:1.)

Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Slate Color appears in 13 combinations — most often paired with Raw Sienna, Turquoise Green and Cotinga Purple.

Palettes with Slate Color

Slate Color appears in 13 combinations from the archive. Each pairing reveals how the same color shifts character depending on its neighbours.

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