Slate gray

Slate gray is a gray color with a little bit of azure blue in it. It is the usual color of the material slate.

This box shows the color slate gray.

Slate roof

The first recorded use of slate gray as a color name in English was in 1705.^[1]

Tones of slate gray color comparison chart

Name	Color	HEX Code	Red	Green	Blue	Hue	Sat	Lum
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

• List of colors

References

1. 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