Slate blue

#6d50d5

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

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.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #6d50d5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d50d5

RGB109, 80, 213

HSL253, 61%, 57%

HSV253, 62%, 84%

CMYK49%, 62%, 0%, 16%

Lab43.93, 44.82, -64.63

XYZ21.19, 13.79, 64.5

Decimal7164117

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2725 C

Shades of slate blue

#5b3bd0 #4f2fc2 #4629ad #3e2498 #351f82 #2c1a6d #241558 #1b1043 #130b2e #0a0619

Tints of slate blue

#7a60d9 #8870dd #9580e1 #a390e4 #b0a0e8 #bdb0ec #cbc0f0 #d8d0f4 #e6e1f8 #f3f1fc

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#b8d550 Analogous#5076d5 Analogous#af50d5 Triadic#d56d50 Triadic#50d56d Split complementary#d5b050 Split complementary#75d550

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 49, 62, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d50d5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

49 62 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

49 61 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Slate blue in css

Copy #6d50d5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d50d5; }
.text { color: #6d50d5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d50d5; }

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 #6d50d5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d50d5 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 #6d50d5 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 #6d50d5 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 #6d50d5 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 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.