Slate blue

#5144bc

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #5144bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5144bc

RGB81, 68, 188

HSL247, 47%, 50%

HSV247, 64%, 74%

CMYK57%, 64%, 0%, 26%

Lab36.96, 39.14, -61.59

XYZ14.54, 9.51, 48.65

Decimal5326012

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2728 C

Shades of slate blue

#4a3eac #42389b #3b328b #342c7a #2d266a #262059 #1f1a48 #181438 #110e27 #0a0817

Tints of slate blue

#6155c2 #7167c8 #8278cf #928ad5 #a29bdb #b2ace1 #c2bee8 #d2cfee #e3e0f4 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#afbc44 Analogous#4473bc Analogous#8d44bc Triadic#bc5144 Triadic#44bc51 Split complementary#bc8d44 Split complementary#73bc44

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 57, 64, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5144bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 64 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 63 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 #5144bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5144bc; }
.text { color: #5144bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5144bc; }

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 #5144bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5144bc 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 #5144bc 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 #5144bc 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 #5144bc 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.