Slate blue

#7147bb

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 262 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #7147bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7147bb

RGB113, 71, 187

HSL262, 46%, 51%

HSV262, 62%, 73%

CMYK40%, 62%, 0%, 27%

Lab40.58, 43.42, -54.98

XYZ18.03, 11.61, 48.3

Decimal7423931

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2725 C

Shades of slate blue

#673fac #5d399b #53338b #492d7a #3f2769 #352159 #2b1b48 #211538 #170e27 #0d0816

Tints of slate blue

#7e58c1 #8b69c8 #997ace #a68bd4 #b39cdb #c0aee1 #cdbfe7 #dbd0ee #e8e1f4 #f5f2fa

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#91bb47 Analogous#4757bb Analogous#ab47bb Triadic#bb7147 Triadic#47bb71 Split complementary#bbab47 Split complementary#57bb47

Slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 40, 62, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7147bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 62 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 61 4 33

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 #7147bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7147bb; }
.text { color: #7147bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7147bb; }

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 #7147bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7147bb 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 #7147bb 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 #7147bb 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 #7147bb 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.