Slate blue

#3245cc

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #3245cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3245cc

RGB50, 69, 204

HSL233, 61%, 50%

HSV233, 75%, 80%

CMYK75%, 66%, 0%, 20%

Lab36.54, 39.71, -71.69

XYZ14.34, 9.29, 58.16

Decimal3294668

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2728 C

Shades of slate blue

#2e3fba #2939a8 #253396 #202d84 #1c2772 #182160 #131b4e #0f143c #0a0e2b #060819

Tints of slate blue

#4556d1 #5867d6 #6b79db #7e8adf #919be4 #a4ade9 #b7beed #cacff2 #dee1f7 #f1f2fb

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#ccb932 Analogous#3292cc Analogous#6c32cc Triadic#cc3245 Triadic#45cc32 Split complementary#cc6c32 Split complementary#92cc32

Slate blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 75, 66, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3245cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

75 66 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

73 65 4 26

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #3245cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3245cc; }
.text { color: #3245cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3245cc; }

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 #3245cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3245cc 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 #3245cc 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 #3245cc 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

Here is how the numbers for #3245cc are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.