Slate blue

#736fab

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

This is Slate blue, a muted blue at 244 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #736fab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#736fab

RGB115, 111, 171

HSL244, 26%, 55%

HSV244, 35%, 67%

CMYK33%, 35%, 0%, 33%

Lab49.44, 15.85, -31.52

XYZ20.11, 17.95, 40.93

Decimal7565227

Web safe#666699

Pantone272 C

Shades of slate blue

#645fa2 #595592 #504c82 #464373 #3c3a63 #333053 #292743 #1f1e33 #161523 #0c0b13

Tints of slate blue

#807cb3 #8d8aba #9a97c2 #a7a4ca #b4b1d2 #c0bfd9 #cdcce1 #dad9e9 #e7e6f1 #f4f4f8

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#a7ab6f Analogous#6f89ab Analogous#916fab Triadic#ab736f Triadic#6fab73 Split complementary#ab916f Split complementary#89ab6f

Slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 33, 35, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #736fab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 35 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 36 4 39

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 #736fab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #736fab; }
.text { color: #736fab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #736fab; }

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 #736fab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #736fab 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 #736fab 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 #736fab 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 #736fab are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.