Medium slate blue

#656ade

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

Medium slate blue sits in the blue band, mid and strong. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium slate blue color values

Every conversion for #656ade, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#656ade

RGB101, 106, 222

HSL238, 65%, 63%

HSV238, 55%, 87%

CMYK55%, 52%, 0%, 13%

Lab49.92, 30.61, -60.11

XYZ23.71, 18.35, 71.4

Decimal6646494

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#4d53d9 #353bd4 #2a30c2 #242aaa #1f2492 #1a1e7a #151861 #101249 #0b0c31 #050619

Tints of medium slate blue

#7377e1 #8185e4 #8f92e7 #9da0ea #abaded #b9bbf0 #c7c8f3 #d4d6f6 #e2e3f9 #f0f1fc

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#ded965 Analogous#65a7de Analogous#9c65de Triadic#de656a Triadic#6ade65 Split complementary#de9c65 Split complementary#a7de65

Medium 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 55, 52, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #656ade on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

55 52 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

55 52 4 19

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.

Medium slate blue in css

Copy #656ade straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #656ade; }
.text { color: #656ade; }
.border { border: 2px solid #656ade; }

How medium slate blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #656ade against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #656ade against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #656ade sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium 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 medium slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #656ade 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 medium slate blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #656ade come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.