Slate blue

#6151cb

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

This is Slate blue, a soft blue at 248 degrees. 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 #6151cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6151cb

RGB97, 81, 203

HSL248, 54%, 56%

HSV248, 60%, 80%

CMYK52%, 60%, 0%, 20%

Lab42.37, 38.98, -61.47

XYZ18.65, 12.74, 57.98

Decimal6377931

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2726 C

Shades of slate blue

#4f3dc5 #4636b4 #3f30a0 #372a8d #2f2479 #281e66 #201952 #18133f #110d2b #090718

Tints of slate blue

#7061d0 #7e71d5 #8d81d9 #9b91de #aaa1e3 #b8b1e8 #c7c1ed #d5d1f1 #e4e1f6 #f3f1fb

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#bbcb51 Analogous#517ecb Analogous#9e51cb Triadic#cb6151 Triadic#51cb61 Split complementary#cb9e51 Split complementary#7ecb51

Slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 52, 60, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6151cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

52 60 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

52 59 4 26

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 #6151cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6151cb; }
.text { color: #6151cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6151cb; }

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 #6151cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6151cb 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 #6151cb 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 #6151cb 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 #6151cb 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.