Slate blue

#505fbd

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 #505fbd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#505fbd

RGB80, 95, 189

HSL232, 45%, 53%

HSV232, 58%, 74%

CMYK58%, 50%, 0%, 26%

Lab43.6, 22.5, -51.42

XYZ16.59, 13.56, 49.89

Decimal5267389

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of slate blue

#4352b2 #3d4aa1 #36428f #303a7e #29326d #222a5b #1c224a #151a39 #0f1228 #080a16

Tints of slate blue

#606ec3 #707dc9 #818bcf #919ad5 #a1a9dc #b1b8e2 #c1c7e8 #d2d6ee #e2e4f4 #f2f3fa

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#bdae50 Analogous#5096bd Analogous#7750bd Triadic#bd505f Triadic#5fbd50 Split complementary#bd7750 Split complementary#96bd50

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 58, 50, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #505fbd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 50 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 50 4 32

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 #505fbd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #505fbd; }
.text { color: #505fbd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #505fbd; }

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 #505fbd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #505fbd 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 #505fbd 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 #505fbd 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 #505fbd 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.