Slate blue

#64579a

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

Slate blue sits in the blue band, mid and muted. 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 #64579a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#64579a

RGB100, 87, 154

HSL252, 28%, 47%

HSV252, 44%, 60%

CMYK35%, 44%, 0%, 40%

Lab40.99, 21.49, -34.85

XYZ14.5, 11.86, 32.1

Decimal6576026

Web safe#666699

Pantone660 C

Shades of slate blue

#5b4f8d #53487f #4a4072 #413964 #383157 #302949 #27223c #1e1a2e #151321 #0d0b14

Tints of slate blue

#7063a7 #7f73b0 #8e83b9 #9c93c2 #aba3cb #bab3d4 #c8c3dd #d7d3e6 #e6e4ef #f5f4f9

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#8d9a57 Analogous#576b9a Analogous#86579a Triadic#9a6457 Triadic#579a64 Split complementary#9a8657 Split complementary#6b9a57

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 35, 44, 0, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #64579a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 44 0 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 44 4 46

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 #64579a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #64579a; }
.text { color: #64579a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #64579a; }

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 #64579a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #64579a 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 #64579a 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 #64579a 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 #64579a 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.