Slate blue

#6a55ab

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

This is Slate blue, a soft purple at 255 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #6a55ab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a55ab

RGB106, 85, 171

HSL255, 34%, 50%

HSV255, 50%, 67%

CMYK38%, 50%, 0%, 33%

Lab42.0, 29.16, -43.32

XYZ16.54, 12.5, 40.07

Decimal6968747

Web safe#666699

Pantone2726 C

Shades of slate blue

#614d9c #57468d #4e3e7e #45376f #3b2f60 #322851 #292042 #1f1933 #161224 #0d0a14

Tints of slate blue

#7865b3 #8675bb #9484c2 #a194ca #afa4d2 #bdb4da #cbc4e2 #d9d3e9 #e7e3f1 #f5f3f9

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#96ab55 Analogous#556bab Analogous#9555ab Triadic#ab6a55 Triadic#55ab6a Split complementary#ab9555 Split complementary#6bab55

Slate blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 38, 50, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a55ab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 50 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 50 4 39

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 #6a55ab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a55ab; }
.text { color: #6a55ab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a55ab; }

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 #6a55ab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a55ab 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 #6a55ab 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 #6a55ab 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 #6a55ab come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.