Slate blue

#594fb4

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 grounded. 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 #594fb4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#594fb4

RGB89, 79, 180

HSL246, 40%, 51%

HSV246, 56%, 71%

CMYK51%, 56%, 0%, 29%

Lab39.6, 31.47, -52.57

XYZ15.15, 11.01, 44.51

Decimal5853108

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2726 C

Shades of slate blue

#5047a6 #484096 #413986 #393276 #312b66 #292456 #221e46 #1a1735 #121025 #0a0915

Tints of slate blue

#685fbb #7870c2 #8780c9 #9790d0 #a6a1d7 #b6b1de #c5c1e5 #d4d2ec #e4e2f3 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#aab44f Analogous#4f77b4 Analogous#8c4fb4 Triadic#b4594f Triadic#4fb459 Split complementary#b48c4f Split complementary#77b44f

Slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 51, 56, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #594fb4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

51 56 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

51 56 4 35

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 #594fb4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #594fb4; }
.text { color: #594fb4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #594fb4; }

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 #594fb4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #594fb4 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 #594fb4 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 #594fb4 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

Every value on this page for #594fb4 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.