Slate blue

#5656db

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 strong. 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 #5656db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5656db

RGB86, 86, 219

HSL240, 65%, 60%

HSV240, 61%, 86%

CMYK61%, 61%, 0%, 14%

Lab43.87, 39.1, -68.25

XYZ19.95, 13.75, 68.62

Decimal5658331

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2726 C

Shades of slate blue

#3f3fd6 #2c2cce #2727b8 #2222a1 #1d1d8a #191974 #14145d #0f0f46 #0a0a30 #050519

Tints of slate blue

#6565de #7575e2 #8484e5 #9494e8 #a3a3eb #b3b3ef #c2c2f2 #d1d1f5 #e1e1f9 #f0f0fc

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#dbdb56 Analogous#5698db Analogous#9856db Triadic#db5656 Triadic#56db56 Split complementary#db9956 Split complementary#99db56

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 61, 61, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5656db on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 61 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 60 4 20

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 #5656db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5656db; }
.text { color: #5656db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5656db; }

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 #5656db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5656db 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 #5656db 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 #5656db 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 #5656db are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.