Slate blue

#5e4baf

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 #5e4baf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e4baf

RGB94, 75, 175

HSL251, 40%, 49%

HSV251, 57%, 69%

CMYK46%, 57%, 0%, 31%

Lab38.74, 33.48, -50.98

XYZ14.87, 10.51, 41.8

Decimal6179759

Web safe#663399

Pantone2726 C

Shades of slate blue

#5644a0 #4e3e90 #453781 #3d3172 #352a62 #2d2453 #241d43 #1c1634 #141025 #0c0915

Tints of slate blue

#6c5ab8 #7b6bc0 #8a7cc7 #998dce #a89ed5 #b7afdd #c7c0e4 #d6d1eb #e5e2f2 #f4f3fa

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#9caf4b Analogous#4b6aaf Analogous#904baf Triadic#af5e4b Triadic#4baf5e Split complementary#af904b Split complementary#6aaf4b

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 46, 57, 0, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e4baf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 57 0 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 56 4 37

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 #5e4baf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e4baf; }
.text { color: #5e4baf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e4baf; }

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 #5e4baf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e4baf 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 #5e4baf 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 #5e4baf 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 #5e4baf 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.