Slate blue

#3248ea

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

Slate blue sits in the blue band, mid and vivid. 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 #3248ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3248ea

RGB50, 72, 234

HSL233, 81%, 56%

HSV233, 79%, 92%

CMYK79%, 69%, 0%, 8%

Lab40.0, 48.29, -83.19

XYZ18.48, 11.25, 79.04

Decimal3295466

Web safe#3333ff

Pantone2728 C

Shades of slate blue

#1b33e8 #162cd4 #1328bd #1123a6 #0f1e8f #0c1978 #0a1461 #080f4a #050b33 #03061c

Tints of slate blue

#4559ec #586aee #6b7bf0 #7e8bf2 #909cf4 #a3adf6 #b6bef8 #c9cff9 #dce0fb #eff1fd

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#ead432 Analogous#32a4ea Analogous#7832ea Triadic#ea3248 Triadic#48ea32 Split complementary#ea7832 Split complementary#a4ea32

Slate blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 79, 69, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3248ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

79 69 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

77 67 4 14

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 #3248ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3248ea; }
.text { color: #3248ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3248ea; }

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 #3248ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3248ea 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 #3248ea 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 #3248ea 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 #3248ea 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.