Slate blue

#804dce

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

This is Slate blue, a strong purple at 264 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 #804dce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#804dce

RGB128, 77, 206

HSL264, 57%, 55%

HSV264, 63%, 81%

CMYK38%, 63%, 0%, 19%

Lab44.74, 48.41, -59.22

XYZ22.7, 14.35, 59.97

Decimal8408526

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2665 C

Shades of slate blue

#7239c9 #6632b6 #5b2da3 #50278f #45227b #3a1c67 #2f1753 #241240 #190c2c #0d0718

Tints of slate blue

#8c5dd3 #976ed7 #a37edc #af8fe0 #bb9fe5 #c6afe9 #d2c0ee #ded0f2 #e9e1f7 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#9bce4d Analogous#4d5ace Analogous#c14dce Triadic#ce804d Triadic#4dce80 Split complementary#cec14d Split complementary#5ace4d

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 38, 63, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #804dce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 63 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 62 4 25

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 #804dce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #804dce; }
.text { color: #804dce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #804dce; }

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 #804dce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #804dce 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 #804dce 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 #804dce 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 #804dce are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.