Slate blue

#6d5cd4

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 #6d5cd4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6d5cd4

RGB109, 92, 212

HSL249, 58%, 60%

HSV249, 57%, 83%

CMYK49%, 57%, 0%, 17%

Lab46.52, 37.58, -59.86

XYZ22.02, 15.66, 64.15

Decimal7167188

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2726 C

Shades of slate blue

#5a46ce #4934c5 #412eb0 #39299a #312384 #291d6f #211859 #191243 #110c2e #090618

Tints of slate blue

#7a6bd8 #887adc #9589e0 #a298e4 #b0a6e8 #bdb5ec #cac4ef #d8d3f3 #e5e2f7 #f2f1fb

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#c3d45c Analogous#5c87d4 Analogous#a95cd4 Triadic#d46d5c Triadic#5cd46d Split complementary#d4a95c Split complementary#87d45c

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, 57, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6d5cd4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

49 57 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

49 56 4 23

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 #6d5cd4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6d5cd4; }
.text { color: #6d5cd4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6d5cd4; }

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 #6d5cd4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6d5cd4 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 #6d5cd4 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 #6d5cd4 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

Here is how the numbers for #6d5cd4 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.