Medium slate blue

#656cdb

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

Medium slate blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. 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.

Medium slate blue color values

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

Hex#656cdb

RGB101, 108, 219

HSL236, 62%, 63%

HSV236, 54%, 86%

CMYK54%, 51%, 0%, 14%

Lab50.22, 28.44, -57.92

XYZ23.52, 18.61, 69.37

Decimal6647003

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#4e56d6 #363fd0 #2c35bd #272ea6 #21288e #1c2177 #161b5f #111448 #0b0d30 #060719

Tints of medium slate blue

#7379de #8187e2 #8f94e5 #9da1e8 #abafeb #b9bcef #c7c9f2 #d5d7f5 #e3e4f8 #f1f1fc

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#dbd465 Analogous#65a7db Analogous#9965db Triadic#db656c Triadic#6cdb65 Split complementary#db9965 Split complementary#a7db65

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 54, 51, 0, 14.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 51 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 51 4 20

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.

Medium slate blue in css

Copy #656cdb straight into your stylesheet.

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

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 #656cdb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

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

Medium slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #656cdb 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #656cdb 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

Here is how the numbers for #656cdb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.