Slate blue

#48599f

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 #48599f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#48599f

RGB72, 89, 159

HSL228, 38%, 45%

HSV228, 55%, 62%

CMYK55%, 44%, 0%, 38%

Lab39.62, 14.53, -40.14

XYZ12.5, 11.03, 34.27

Decimal4741535

Web safe#336699

Pantone660 C

Shades of slate blue

#425191 #3c4a83 #354276 #2f3a68 #29325a #232b4c #1c233e #161b31 #101423 #0a0c15

Tints of slate blue

#5164b0 #6374b8 #7584c0 #8794c9 #99a4d1 #abb4d9 #bdc4e1 #cfd4e9 #e1e4f1 #f3f4f9

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#9f8e48 Analogous#48849f Analogous#63489f Triadic#9f4859 Triadic#599f48 Split complementary#9f6348 Split complementary#849f48

Slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 55, 44, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #48599f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

55 44 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

55 44 4 44

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 #48599f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #48599f; }
.text { color: #48599f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #48599f; }

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 #48599f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #48599f 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 #48599f 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 #48599f 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 #48599f 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.