Slate blue

#3449ff

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

This is Slate blue, a vivid blue at 234 degrees. 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 #3449ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3449ff

RGB52, 73, 255

HSL234, 100%, 60%

HSV234, 80%, 100%

CMYK80%, 71%, 0%, 0%

Lab42.33, 54.86, -91.15

XYZ21.85, 12.72, 95.91

Decimal3426815

Web safe#3333ff

Pantone2728 C

Shades of slate blue

#1830ff #001afc #0017e0 #0014c4 #0011a9 #000f8d #000c72 #000956 #00063a #00031f

Tints of slate blue

#475aff #596aff #6c7bff #7e8bff #919cff #a3adff #b6bdff #c8ceff #dbdeff #edefff

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#ffea34 Analogous#34afff Analogous#8434ff Triadic#ff3449 Triadic#49ff34 Split complementary#ff8534 Split complementary#aeff34

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 80, 71, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3449ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

80 71 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

78 69 4 6

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 #3449ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3449ff; }
.text { color: #3449ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3449ff; }

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 #3449ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3449ff 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 #3449ff 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 #3449ff 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 #3449ff are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.