Slate blue

#6859ea

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

Slate blue sits in the blue band, mid and strong. 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 #6859ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6859ea

RGB104, 89, 234

HSL246, 78%, 63%

HSV246, 62%, 92%

CMYK56%, 62%, 0%, 8%

Lab47.01, 45.01, -71.58

XYZ24.13, 16.03, 79.66

Decimal6838762

Web safe#6666ff

Pantone2726 C

Shades of slate blue

#503fe7 #3925e3 #2d1ad1 #2817b7 #22149d #1c1183 #170d69 #110a4f #0c0735 #06031b

Tints of slate blue

#7668ec #8377ee #9186f0 #9f95f2 #aca4f3 #bab3f5 #c8c2f7 #d5d1f9 #e3e0fb #f1effd

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#dbea59 Analogous#5992ea Analogous#b159ea Triadic#ea6859 Triadic#59ea68 Split complementary#eab159 Split complementary#92ea59

Slate blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 56, 62, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6859ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

56 62 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 61 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Slate blue in css

Copy #6859ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6859ea; }
.text { color: #6859ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6859ea; }

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 #6859ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6859ea against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #6859ea 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #6859ea 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 #6859ea is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.