Slate blue

#776cbd

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 blue at 248 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 #776cbd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#776cbd

RGB119, 108, 189

HSL248, 38%, 58%

HSV248, 43%, 74%

CMYK37%, 43%, 0%, 26%

Lab49.88, 23.74, -41.23

XYZ22.16, 18.32, 50.51

Decimal7826621

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone272 C

Shades of slate blue

#665ab5 #584ca8 #4e4396 #453b83 #3b3371 #322b5f #28224c #1e1a3a #151228 #0b0915

Tints of slate blue

#8379c3 #9087c9 #9c94cf #a9a2d5 #b5afdb #c2bde1 #cecae7 #dbd8ed #e7e5f3 #f4f3f9

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#b2bd6c Analogous#6c8abd Analogous#a06cbd Triadic#bd776c Triadic#6cbd77 Split complementary#bda06c Split complementary#8abd6c

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 37, 43, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #776cbd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 43 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 44 4 32

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 #776cbd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #776cbd; }
.text { color: #776cbd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #776cbd; }

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 #776cbd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #776cbd 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 #776cbd 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 #776cbd 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 #776cbd 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.