Slate blue

#744ea2

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 #744ea2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#744ea2

RGB116, 78, 162

HSL267, 35%, 47%

HSV267, 52%, 64%

CMYK28%, 52%, 0%, 36%

Lab40.85, 33.59, -39.75

XYZ16.45, 11.77, 35.59

Decimal7622306

Web safe#666699

Pantone2725 C

Shades of slate blue

#6a4794 #604086 #563a78 #4c3369 #412c5b #37254d #2d1e3f #231831 #191123 #0f0a15

Tints of slate blue

#815aaf #8e6bb8 #9b7cc0 #a88dc8 #b59ed0 #c2afd8 #cfc0e1 #dcd1e9 #e9e2f1 #f6f3f9

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#7ca24e Analogous#4e52a2 Analogous#9e4ea2 Triadic#a2744e Triadic#4ea274 Split complementary#a29e4e Split complementary#52a24e

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 28, 52, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #744ea2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 52 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 52 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 #744ea2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #744ea2; }
.text { color: #744ea2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #744ea2; }

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 #744ea2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #744ea2 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 #744ea2 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 #744ea2 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 #744ea2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.