Slate blue

#604cd5

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 #604cd5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#604cd5

RGB96, 76, 213

HSL249, 62%, 57%

HSV249, 64%, 84%

CMYK55%, 64%, 0%, 16%

Lab41.94, 44.75, -67.93

XYZ19.42, 12.46, 64.33

Decimal6311125

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2726 C

Shades of slate blue

#4d37d0 #432dc0 #3b28ab #342396 #2d1e81 #26196d #1e1558 #171043 #100b2e #090619

Tints of slate blue

#6f5cd9 #7d6ddd #8c7de1 #9a8ee4 #a99ee8 #b8afec #c6bff0 #d5d0f4 #e4e0f8 #f2f1fc

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#c1d54c Analogous#4c7cd5 Analogous#a54cd5 Triadic#d5604c Triadic#4cd560 Split complementary#d5a54c Split complementary#7cd54c

Slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 55, 64, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #604cd5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

55 64 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

55 63 4 22

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 #604cd5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #604cd5; }
.text { color: #604cd5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #604cd5; }

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 #604cd5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #604cd5 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 #604cd5 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 #604cd5 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 #604cd5 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.