Slate blue

#534bff

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 vivid. 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 #534bff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#534bff

RGB83, 75, 255

HSL243, 100%, 65%

HSV243, 71%, 100%

CMYK67%, 71%, 0%, 0%

Lab44.36, 56.43, -87.74

XYZ24.13, 14.09, 96.06

Decimal5458943

Web safe#6633ff

Pantone2726 C

Shades of slate blue

#362dff #1a0fff #0b00f0 #0900d2 #0800b4 #070096 #050078 #04005a #03003d #01001f

Tints of slate blue

#625bff #726bff #817cff #918cff #a09cff #b0acff #bfbdff #cfcdff #deddff #eeedff

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#f7ff4b Analogous#4b9dff Analogous#ad4bff Triadic#ff534b Triadic#4bff53 Split complementary#ffad4b Split complementary#9dff4b

Slate blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 67, 71, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #534bff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 71 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 69 4 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Slate blue in css

Copy #534bff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #534bff; }
.text { color: #534bff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #534bff; }

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 #534bff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #534bff against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #534bff 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #534bff 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 #534bff 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.