Medium slate blue

#7973e4

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

Medium slate blue sits in the blue band, mid and strong. 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.

Medium slate blue color values

Every conversion for #7973e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7973e4

RGB121, 115, 228

HSL243, 68%, 67%

HSV243, 50%, 89%

CMYK47%, 50%, 0%, 11%

Lab53.95, 31.26, -56.93

XYZ28.02, 21.93, 76.15

Decimal7959524

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2718 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#6059df #473fda #3128d1 #2b23b7 #251e9d #1f1982 #191468 #120f4e #0c0a34 #06051a

Tints of medium slate blue

#8580e6 #918ce9 #9d99eb #a9a5ee #b5b2f0 #c1bef2 #cdcbf5 #d9d7f7 #e5e4fa #f1f0fc

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#dee473 Analogous#73a5e4 Analogous#b273e4 Triadic#e47973 Triadic#73e479 Split complementary#e4b273 Split complementary#a6e473

Medium slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 47, 50, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7973e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 50 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 50 4 17

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.

Medium slate blue in css

Copy #7973e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7973e4; }
.text { color: #7973e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7973e4; }

How medium slate blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #7973e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7973e4 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #7973e4 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium 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 medium slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #7973e4 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 medium slate blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #7973e4 are worked out. 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.