Slate blue

#804fd4

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 262 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 #804fd4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#804fd4

RGB128, 79, 212

HSL262, 61%, 57%

HSV262, 63%, 83%

CMYK40%, 63%, 0%, 17%

Lab45.54, 48.9, -61.36

XYZ23.58, 14.93, 63.93

Decimal8409044

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2665 C

Shades of slate blue

#713acf #642fc0 #592aab #4e2596 #442081 #391a6c #2e1557 #231042 #180b2e #0d0619

Tints of slate blue

#8c5fd8 #976fdc #a37fe0 #af90e4 #baa0e8 #c6b0ec #d2c0f0 #ddd0f4 #e9e0f8 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#a3d44f Analogous#4f60d4 Analogous#c34fd4 Triadic#d4804f Triadic#4fd480 Split complementary#d4c34f Split complementary#60d44f

Slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 40, 63, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #804fd4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 63 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 62 4 23

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 #804fd4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #804fd4; }
.text { color: #804fd4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #804fd4; }

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 #804fd4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #804fd4 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 #804fd4 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 #804fd4 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

The figures for #804fd4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.