Slate blue

#684eea

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

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.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #684eea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#684eea

RGB104, 78, 234

HSL250, 79%, 61%

HSV250, 67%, 92%

CMYK56%, 67%, 0%, 8%

Lab44.71, 51.19, -75.34

XYZ23.28, 14.33, 79.38

Decimal6835946

Web safe#6666ff

Pantone2726 C

Shades of slate blue

#5335e7 #3d1ce4 #3618cb #2f15b2 #291299 #220f80 #1b0c67 #15094e #0e0635 #07031b

Tints of slate blue

#765eec #836eee #917ef0 #9f8ef2 #ad9ff4 #baaff5 #c8bff7 #d6cff9 #e4dffb #f1effd

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#d0ea4e Analogous#4e82ea Analogous#b64eea Triadic#ea684e Triadic#4eea68 Split complementary#eab64e Split complementary#82ea4e

Slate blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 56, 67, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #684eea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

56 67 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 66 4 14

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #684eea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #684eea; }
.text { color: #684eea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #684eea; }

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 #684eea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #684eea 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 #684eea 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 #684eea 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

Every value on this page for #684eea is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.