Slate blue

#68569d

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

Slate blue is a mid purple with a confident cast. 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 #68569d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#68569d

RGB104, 86, 157

HSL255, 29%, 48%

HSV255, 45%, 62%

CMYK34%, 45%, 0%, 38%

Lab41.27, 24.09, -36.18

XYZ15.12, 12.03, 33.42

Decimal6837917

Web safe#666699

Pantone2726 C

Shades of slate blue

#5f4e8f #564782 #4d3f74 #443866 #3b3058 #31294b #28213d #1f1a2f #161221 #0d0b14

Tints of slate blue

#7563a9 #8373b2 #9183bb #9f93c4 #aea3cd #bcb3d5 #cac3de #d8d3e7 #e7e3f0 #f5f3f9

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#8b9d56 Analogous#56679d Analogous#8b569d Triadic#9d6856 Triadic#569d68 Split complementary#9d8c56 Split complementary#679d56

Slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 34, 45, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #68569d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

34 45 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

35 45 4 44

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 #68569d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #68569d; }
.text { color: #68569d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #68569d; }

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 #68569d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #68569d 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 #68569d 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 #68569d 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 #68569d are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.