Slate blue

#7f52ec

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

Slate blue is a mid purple with a grounded cast. 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 #7f52ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7f52ec

RGB127, 82, 236

HSL258, 80%, 62%

HSV258, 65%, 93%

CMYK46%, 65%, 0%, 7%

Lab47.76, 53.51, -71.4

XYZ26.91, 16.6, 81.14

Decimal8344300

Web safe#6666ff

Pantone2725 C

Shades of slate blue

#6c38e9 #591ee6 #4d17d1 #4414b7 #3a119d #310e83 #270c69 #1d094f #140635 #0a031c

Tints of slate blue

#8b62ee #9671ef #a281f1 #ad91f3 #b9a0f5 #c5b0f6 #d0c0f8 #dcd0fa #e7dffc #f3effd

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#bfec52 Analogous#5272ec Analogous#cc52ec Triadic#ec7f52 Triadic#52ec7f Split complementary#eccc52 Split complementary#72ec52

Slate blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 46, 65, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7f52ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 65 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 64 4 13

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Slate blue in css

Copy #7f52ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7f52ec; }
.text { color: #7f52ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7f52ec; }

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 #7f52ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7f52ec 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 #7f52ec 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 #7f52ec 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #7f52ec 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.