Slate blue

#7669c9

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

Slate blue sits in the blue band, mid and soft. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #7669c9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7669c9

RGB118, 105, 201

HSL248, 47%, 60%

HSV248, 48%, 79%

CMYK41%, 48%, 0%, 21%

Lab49.7, 28.67, -48.42

XYZ23.07, 18.17, 57.55

Decimal7760329

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of slate blue

#6455c2 #5242b9 #493ba4 #403490 #372d7c #2e2567 #251e53 #1c173f #130f2b #0a0816

Tints of slate blue

#8377ce #8f84d3 #9c92d8 #a8a0dd #b5ade2 #c1bbe7 #cec9eb #dad6f0 #e7e4f5 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#bcc969 Analogous#698cc9 Analogous#a669c9 Triadic#c97669 Triadic#69c976 Split complementary#c9a669 Split complementary#8cc969

Slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 41, 48, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7669c9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 48 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 48 4 27

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 #7669c9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7669c9; }
.text { color: #7669c9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7669c9; }

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 #7669c9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7669c9 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 #7669c9 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 #7669c9 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 #7669c9 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.