Slate blue

#535b9d

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 #535b9d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#535b9d

RGB83, 91, 157

HSL234, 31%, 47%

HSV234, 47%, 62%

CMYK47%, 42%, 0%, 38%

Lab40.82, 15.26, -36.99

XYZ13.39, 11.76, 33.46

Decimal5462941

Web safe#666699

Pantone660 C

Shades of slate blue

#4c538f #454b82 #3d4374 #363b66 #2f3359 #282b4b #20233d #191b2f #121422 #0b0c14

Tints of slate blue

#5f67aa #6f77b3 #8086bc #9096c5 #a1a6cd #b1b5d6 #c2c5df #d2d5e7 #e3e4f0 #f3f4f9

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#9d9553 Analogous#53809d Analogous#70539d Triadic#9d535b Triadic#5b9d53 Split complementary#9d7053 Split complementary#809d53

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 47, 42, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #535b9d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 42 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 43 4 44

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Slate blue in css

Copy #535b9d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #535b9d; }
.text { color: #535b9d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #535b9d; }

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 #535b9d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #535b9d 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 #535b9d 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 #535b9d 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 #535b9d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.