Slate blue

#744dbb

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 261 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 #744dbb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#744dbb

RGB116, 77, 187

HSL261, 45%, 52%

HSV261, 59%, 73%

CMYK38%, 59%, 0%, 27%

Lab42.17, 40.74, -52.41

XYZ18.83, 12.61, 48.46

Decimal7622075

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2725 C

Shades of slate blue

#6943ae #5f3c9d #54368c #4a2f7b #40296b #36225a #2c1c49 #221538 #170f27 #0d0816

Tints of slate blue

#815ec1 #8e6ec8 #9b7fce #a88fd4 #b4a0db #c1b0e1 #cec1e7 #dbd1ed #e8e2f4 #f5f2fa

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#94bb4d Analogous#4d5dbb Analogous#ab4dbb Triadic#bb744d Triadic#4dbb74 Split complementary#bbab4d Split complementary#5dbb4d

Slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 38, 59, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #744dbb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 59 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 58 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 #744dbb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #744dbb; }
.text { color: #744dbb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #744dbb; }

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 #744dbb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #744dbb 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 #744dbb 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 #744dbb 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 #744dbb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.