Slate blue

#72609b

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

Slate blue falls in the purple range, mid and muted. 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 #72609b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#72609b

RGB114, 96, 155

HSL258, 24%, 49%

HSV258, 38%, 61%

CMYK26%, 38%, 0%, 39%

Lab44.67, 20.4, -29.56

XYZ17.04, 14.31, 32.87

Decimal7495835

Web safe#666699

Pantone660 C

Shades of slate blue

#68588d #5e4f80 #544772 #4a3e65 #403657 #362d49 #2c253c #221d2e #181421 #0e0c13

Tints of slate blue

#7f6ea5 #8c7dae #998cb8 #a69bc1 #b3aaca #c1b8d3 #cec7dd #dbd6e6 #e8e5ef #f5f4f8

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#899b60 Analogous#606b9b Analogous#90609b Triadic#9b7260 Triadic#609b72 Split complementary#9b9060 Split complementary#6b9b60

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 26, 38, 0, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #72609b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 38 0 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 39 4 45

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 #72609b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #72609b; }
.text { color: #72609b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #72609b; }

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 #72609b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #72609b 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 #72609b 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 #72609b 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 #72609b are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.