Slate blue

#804deb

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

Slate blue falls in the purple range, mid and vivid. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #804deb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#804deb

RGB128, 77, 235

HSL259, 80%, 61%

HSV259, 67%, 92%

CMYK46%, 67%, 0%, 8%

Lab46.84, 56.01, -72.33

XYZ26.55, 15.9, 80.27

Decimal8408555

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone2665 C

Shades of slate blue

#6e34e8 #5c1ae5 #5217cd #4814b3 #3d119a #330e81 #290c67 #1f094e #150635 #0b031c

Tints of slate blue

#8c5ded #976def #a37ef0 #ae8ef2 #ba9ef4 #c5aef6 #d1bef8 #dccffa #e8dffb #f4effd

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#b8eb4d Analogous#4d69eb Analogous#cf4deb Triadic#eb804d Triadic#4deb80 Split complementary#ebcf4d Split complementary#69eb4d

Slate blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 46, 67, 0, 8.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 67 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 66 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Slate blue in css

Copy #804deb straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #804deb 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 #804deb 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 #804deb 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 #804deb are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.