Slate blue

#3b44cd

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

This is Slate blue, a strong blue at 236 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 #3b44cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b44cd

RGB59, 68, 205

HSL236, 59%, 52%

HSV236, 71%, 80%

CMYK71%, 67%, 0%, 20%

Lab36.88, 41.62, -71.7

XYZ14.89, 9.47, 58.8

Decimal3884237

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2728 C

Shades of slate blue

#313ac0 #2c34ad #272f9b #232988 #1e2375 #191e63 #141850 #10133e #0b0d2b #060718

Tints of slate blue

#4d55d2 #5f67d6 #7278db #8489e0 #969be4 #a8ace9 #babded #cccff2 #dfe0f7 #f1f1fb

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#cdc43b Analogous#3b8dcd Analogous#7b3bcd Triadic#cd3b44 Triadic#44cd3b Split complementary#cd7b3b Split complementary#8dcd3b

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 71, 67, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b44cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 67 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 66 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 #3b44cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b44cd; }
.text { color: #3b44cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b44cd; }

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 #3b44cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b44cd 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 #3b44cd 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 #3b44cd 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 #3b44cd 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.