Slate blue

#795dbe

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 257 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 #795dbe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#795dbe

RGB121, 93, 190

HSL257, 43%, 55%

HSV257, 51%, 75%

CMYK36%, 51%, 0%, 25%

Lab46.46, 33.49, -47.24

XYZ21.09, 15.61, 50.62

Decimal7953854

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2725 C

Shades of slate blue

#6a4bb7 #5f43a6 #553b94 #4b3482 #402d70 #36265e #2c1e4c #21173a #171028 #0d0916

Tints of slate blue

#856cc4 #927bca #9e8ad0 #aa99d6 #b7a8dc #c3b7e2 #cfc5e8 #dcd4ee #e8e3f4 #f4f2fa

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#a2be5d Analogous#5d72be Analogous#aa5dbe Triadic#be795d Triadic#5dbe79 Split complementary#beaa5d Split complementary#72be5d

Slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 36, 51, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #795dbe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 51 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 51 4 31

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 #795dbe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #795dbe; }
.text { color: #795dbe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #795dbe; }

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 #795dbe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #795dbe 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 #795dbe 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 #795dbe 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 #795dbe are worked out. 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.