Slate blue

#734ca3

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 267 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 #734ca3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#734ca3

RGB115, 76, 163

HSL267, 36%, 47%

HSV267, 53%, 64%

CMYK29%, 53%, 0%, 36%

Lab40.34, 34.74, -41.16

XYZ16.27, 11.46, 36.0

Decimal7556259

Web safe#663399

Pantone2725 C

Shades of slate blue

#694595 #5f3f87 #553878 #4b316a #412b5c #37244e #2d1e40 #231731 #191023 #0f0a15

Tints of slate blue

#8057b1 #8d69b9 #9a7ac1 #a78bc9 #b49dd1 #c1aed9 #cebfe1 #dbd0e9 #e9e2f1 #f6f3f9

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#7ca34c Analogous#4c51a3 Analogous#9e4ca3 Triadic#a3734c Triadic#4ca373 Split complementary#a39e4c Split complementary#51a34c

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 29, 53, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #734ca3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 53 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 53 4 42

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 #734ca3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #734ca3; }
.text { color: #734ca3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #734ca3; }

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 #734ca3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #734ca3 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 #734ca3 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 #734ca3 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

Every value on this page for #734ca3 is computed, not guessed. 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.