Slate blue

#1a45cd

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for slate blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Slate blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #1a45cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1a45cd

RGB26, 69, 205

HSL226, 77%, 45%

HSV226, 87%, 80%

CMYK87%, 66%, 0%, 20%

Lab35.76, 38.25, -73.59

XYZ13.57, 8.88, 58.76

Decimal1721805

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2728 C

Shades of slate blue

#183fbb #1539a9 #133398 #112d86 #0f2774 #0c2162 #0a1b51 #08153f #060f2d #03091b

Tints of slate blue

#1f4ee3 #3660e5 #4d72e8 #6485eb #7b97ee #92a9f1 #aabcf4 #c1cef7 #d8e0fa #eff2fd

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#cda21a Analogous#1a9ecd Analogous#481acd Triadic#cd1a45 Triadic#45cd1a Split complementary#cd491a Split complementary#9fcd1a

Slate blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 87, 66, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1a45cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

87 66 0 20

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

84 65 4 26

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Slate blue in css

Copy #1a45cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1a45cd; }
.text { color: #1a45cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1a45cd; }

How slate blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #1a45cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1a45cd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #1a45cd sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around slate blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #1a45cd and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from slate blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #1a45cd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.