Slate gray
grey color with a slight azure tinge
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Slate gray is a gray color with a little bit of azure blue in it. It is the usual color of the material slate.
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The first recorded use of slate gray as a color name in English was in 1705.[1]
Tones of slate gray color comparison chart
changeName | Color | HEX Code | Red | Green | Blue | Hue | Sat | Lum |
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Light Slate Gray (web color) | #778899 | 119 | 136 | 153 | 210° | 14% | 53% | |
Slate gray (web color) | #708090 | 112 | 128 | 144 | 210° | 13% | 50% | |
Dark Slate Gray (web color) | #2F4F4F | 47 | 79 | 79 | 180° | 25% | 25% |
Related pages
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change- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Slate Gray: Page 51 Plate 14 Color Sample A2