Medium slate blue

#696aec

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

Medium slate blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium slate blue color values

Every conversion for #696aec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#696aec

RGB105, 106, 236

HSL240, 78%, 67%

HSV240, 56%, 93%

CMYK56%, 55%, 0%, 7%

Lab51.11, 35.79, -66.04

XYZ26.12, 19.37, 81.72

Decimal6908652

Web safe#6666ff

Pantone2727 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#4d4fe9 #3233e5 #1c1ddc #181ac0 #1516a5 #111289 #0e0f6e #0a0b52 #070737 #03041b

Tints of medium slate blue

#7677ee #8485ef #9192f1 #9f9ff3 #acadf4 #b9baf6 #c7c7f8 #d4d5fa #e2e2fb #efeffd

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#eceb69 Analogous#69acec Analogous#a969ec Triadic#ec696a Triadic#6aec69 Split complementary#eca969 Split complementary#acec69

Medium 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, 55, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #696aec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

56 55 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 55 4 13

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.

Medium slate blue in css

Copy #696aec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #696aec; }
.text { color: #696aec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #696aec; }

How medium slate blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #696aec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #696aec against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #696aec sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium 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 medium slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #696aec 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 medium slate blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #696aec are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.