Slate blue

#6546bb

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 purple at 256 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #6546bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6546bb

RGB101, 70, 187

HSL256, 46%, 50%

HSV256, 63%, 73%

CMYK46%, 63%, 0%, 27%

Lab39.13, 41.44, -57.39

XYZ16.53, 10.73, 48.21

Decimal6637243

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2725 C

Shades of slate blue

#5c3fab #53399b #4a338a #412d7a #382769 #2f2159 #271a48 #1e1437 #150e27 #0c0816

Tints of slate blue

#7357c1 #8268c8 #907ace #9e8bd4 #ad9cdb #bbade1 #c9bee7 #d8d0ee #e6e1f4 #f4f2fa

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#9cbb46 Analogous#4661bb Analogous#9f46bb Triadic#bb6546 Triadic#46bb65 Split complementary#bba046 Split complementary#61bb46

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, 63, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6546bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 63 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 62 4 33

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Slate blue in css

Copy #6546bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6546bb; }
.text { color: #6546bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6546bb; }

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 #6546bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6546bb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #6546bb 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #6546bb 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 #6546bb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.