Slate blue

#704cd3

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 256 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 #704cd3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#704cd3

RGB112, 76, 211

HSL256, 61%, 56%

HSV256, 64%, 83%

CMYK47%, 64%, 0%, 17%

Lab43.24, 47.06, -64.6

XYZ21.02, 13.32, 63.09

Decimal7359699

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2725 C

Shades of slate blue

#6037ce #552fbd #4b29a9 #422494 #391f7f #301a6b #271556 #1d1042 #140b2d #0b0619

Tints of slate blue

#7d5cd7 #8a6ddb #977ddf #a58ee3 #b29ee7 #bfafeb #ccbfef #d9d0f3 #e6e0f7 #f4f1fb

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#afd34c Analogous#4c6bd3 Analogous#b34cd3 Triadic#d3704c Triadic#4cd370 Split complementary#d3b34c Split complementary#6bd34c

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 47, 64, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #704cd3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 64 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 63 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Slate blue in css

Copy #704cd3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #704cd3; }
.text { color: #704cd3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #704cd3; }

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 #704cd3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #704cd3 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 #704cd3 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 #704cd3 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 #704cd3 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.