Slate blue

#804ef3

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #804ef3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#804ef3

RGB128, 78, 243

HSL258, 87%, 63%

HSV258, 68%, 95%

CMYK47%, 68%, 0%, 5%

Lab47.64, 57.62, -75.53

XYZ27.8, 16.51, 86.52

Decimal8408819

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone2665 C

Shades of slate blue

#6c33f1 #5918ef #4d0fdb #430dc0 #3a0ba5 #300989 #27076e #1d0653 #140438 #0a021d

Tints of slate blue

#8c5ef4 #976ef5 #a37ef6 #ae8ef7 #ba9ef8 #c5aefa #d1befb #dccefc #e8defd #f3eefe

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#c1f34e Analogous#4e6ef3 Analogous#d34ef3 Triadic#f3804e Triadic#4ef380 Split complementary#f3d34e Split complementary#6ef34e

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 47, 68, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #804ef3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 68 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 67 4 11

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 #804ef3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #804ef3; }
.text { color: #804ef3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #804ef3; }

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 #804ef3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #804ef3 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 #804ef3 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 #804ef3 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

Every value on this page for #804ef3 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.