Slate blue

#515fc9

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 #515fc9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#515fc9

RGB81, 95, 201

HSL233, 53%, 55%

HSV233, 60%, 79%

CMYK60%, 53%, 0%, 21%

Lab44.45, 26.73, -57.0

XYZ18.03, 14.15, 57.04

Decimal5332937

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of slate blue

#3e4dc3 #3745b1 #313e9e #2b368a #252f77 #1f2764 #192051 #13183e #0d112b #070917

Tints of slate blue

#616ece #717cd3 #818bd8 #919add #a1a9e2 #b1b7e7 #c1c6ec #d1d5f1 #e1e4f6 #f1f2fb

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#c9bb51 Analogous#519bc9 Analogous#7f51c9 Triadic#c9515f Triadic#5fc951 Split complementary#c97f51 Split complementary#9bc951

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 60, 53, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #515fc9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

60 53 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

59 53 4 27

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 #515fc9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #515fc9; }
.text { color: #515fc9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #515fc9; }

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 #515fc9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #515fc9 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 #515fc9 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 #515fc9 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 #515fc9 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.