Slate blue

#4e4bc2

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 soft. 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 #4e4bc2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e4bc2

RGB78, 75, 194

HSL242, 49%, 53%

HSV242, 61%, 76%

CMYK60%, 61%, 0%, 24%

Lab38.81, 36.32, -62.1

XYZ15.4, 10.55, 52.26

Decimal5131202

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2728 C

Shades of slate blue

#413eb7 #3b38a5 #343293 #2e2c82 #282670 #21205e #1b1a4c #15143a #0e0e29 #080817

Tints of slate blue

#5e5cc8 #6f6ccd #7f7dd3 #908ed9 #a09ede #b0afe4 #c1c0ea #d1d0ef #e2e1f5 #f2f2fa

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#bfc24b Analogous#4b84c2 Analogous#894bc2 Triadic#c24e4b Triadic#4bc24e Split complementary#c2894b Split complementary#84c24b

Slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 60, 61, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e4bc2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

60 61 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

59 60 4 30

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 #4e4bc2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e4bc2; }
.text { color: #4e4bc2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e4bc2; }

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 #4e4bc2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e4bc2 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 #4e4bc2 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 #4e4bc2 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 #4e4bc2 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.