Slate blue

#6945d5

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

This is Slate blue, a strong purple at 255 degrees. 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 #6945d5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6945d5

RGB105, 69, 213

HSL255, 63%, 55%

HSV255, 68%, 84%

CMYK51%, 68%, 0%, 16%

Lab41.32, 50.16, -68.91

XYZ19.96, 12.06, 64.23

Decimal6899157

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2725 C

Shades of slate blue

#5830d0 #4f2bbd #4726a9 #3e2194 #351d80 #2d186b #241456 #1c0f42 #130a2d #0a0619

Tints of slate blue

#7756d9 #8567dd #9278e1 #a08ae4 #ae9be8 #bcacec #cabdf0 #d8cef4 #e5dff8 #f3f0fc

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#b1d545 Analogous#4569d5 Analogous#b145d5 Triadic#d56945 Triadic#45d569 Split complementary#d5b145 Split complementary#69d545

Slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 51, 68, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6945d5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

51 68 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

51 67 4 22

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.

Slate blue in css

Copy #6945d5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6945d5; }
.text { color: #6945d5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6945d5; }

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 #6945d5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6945d5 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 #6945d5 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 #6945d5 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

The figures for #6945d5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.