Medium slate blue

#7981eb

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

Medium slate blue is a light blue that reads relaxed. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium slate blue color values

Every conversion for #7981eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7981eb

RGB121, 129, 235

HSL236, 74%, 70%

HSV236, 49%, 92%

CMYK49%, 45%, 0%, 8%

Lab57.81, 25.02, -54.66

XYZ30.73, 25.76, 81.95

Decimal7963115

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone279 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#5d66e7 #404ce3 #2431de #1d29c5 #1923a8 #151d8c #111770 #0c1153 #080b37 #04061b

Tints of medium slate blue

#858ced #9197ef #9da2f0 #a8aef2 #b4b9f4 #c0c4f6 #cccff7 #d8daf9 #e4e5fb #eff0fd

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#ebe379 Analogous#79baeb Analogous#aa79eb Triadic#eb7981 Triadic#81eb79 Split complementary#ebaa79 Split complementary#baeb79

Medium slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 49, 45, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7981eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

49 45 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

49 45 4 14

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium slate blue in css

Copy #7981eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7981eb; }
.text { color: #7981eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7981eb; }

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 #7981eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7981eb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #7981eb 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #7981eb 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

Every value on this page for #7981eb is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.