Slate blue

#585cd3

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for slate blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Slate blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. 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 #585cd3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#585cd3

RGB88, 92, 211

HSL238, 58%, 59%

HSV238, 58%, 83%

CMYK58%, 56%, 0%, 17%

Lab44.85, 33.18, -62.08

XYZ19.61, 14.43, 63.38

Decimal5790931

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of slate blue

#4347cd #3338c2 #2e32ad #282c98 #222582 #1d1f6d #171958 #121343 #0c0d2d #060718

Tints of slate blue

#676bd7 #777adb #8689df #9598e3 #a4a7e7 #b4b6eb #c3c4ef #d2d3f3 #e2e2f7 #f1f1fb

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#d3cf58 Analogous#589ad3 Analogous#9158d3 Triadic#d3585c Triadic#5cd358 Split complementary#d39158 Split complementary#9ad358

Slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 58, 56, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #585cd3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 56 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 56 4 23

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 #585cd3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #585cd3; }
.text { color: #585cd3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #585cd3; }

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 #585cd3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #585cd3 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 #585cd3 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 #585cd3 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 #585cd3 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.