Slate blue

#665ab2

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 #665ab2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#665ab2

RGB102, 90, 178

HSL248, 36%, 53%

HSV248, 49%, 70%

CMYK43%, 49%, 0%, 30%

Lab43.29, 27.11, -45.41

XYZ17.17, 13.35, 43.79

Decimal6707890

Web safe#666699

Pantone2726 C

Shades of slate blue

#5a4ea7 #514696 #483f86 #403776 #373066 #2e2856 #252045 #1d1935 #141125 #0b0a15

Tints of slate blue

#7469b9 #8279c0 #9188c7 #9f97cf #ada6d6 #bbb6dd #c9c5e4 #d7d4eb #e6e4f2 #f4f3f9

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#a6b25a Analogous#5a7ab2 Analogous#925ab2 Triadic#b2665a Triadic#5ab266 Split complementary#b2925a Split complementary#7ab25a

Slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 43, 49, 0, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #665ab2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 49 0 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 49 4 36

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 #665ab2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #665ab2; }
.text { color: #665ab2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #665ab2; }

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 #665ab2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #665ab2 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 #665ab2 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 #665ab2 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 #665ab2 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.