Slate blue

#5e5cef

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 #5e5cef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e5cef

RGB94, 92, 239

HSL241, 82%, 65%

HSV241, 62%, 94%

CMYK61%, 62%, 0%, 6%

Lab47.32, 43.19, -73.92

XYZ24.02, 16.27, 83.53

Decimal6184175

Web safe#6666ff

Pantone2727 C

Shades of slate blue

#4341ec #2825ea #1816db #1513c0 #1210a5 #0f0d89 #0c0b6e #090853 #060537 #03031c

Tints of slate blue

#6c6bf0 #7b79f2 #8988f3 #9897f5 #a6a5f6 #b5b4f8 #c3c3f9 #d2d1fb #e0e0fc #efeffd

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#edef5c Analogous#5ca3ef Analogous#a85cef Triadic#ef5e5c Triadic#5cef5e Split complementary#efa85c Split complementary#a3ef5c

Slate blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 61, 62, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e5cef on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 62 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 61 4 12

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #5e5cef straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e5cef; }
.text { color: #5e5cef; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e5cef; }

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 #5e5cef against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e5cef 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 #5e5cef 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 #5e5cef 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 #5e5cef come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.