Slate blue

#805fac

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #805fac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#805fac
RGB128, 95, 172
HSL266, 32%, 52%
HSV266, 45%, 67%
CMYK26%, 45%, 0%, 33%
Lab46.65, 29.53, -36.4
XYZ20.44, 15.75, 40.99
Decimal8413100
Web safe#996699
Pantone814 C
Pantone814 CHex#805facRgb128 95 172Cmyk26 45 0 33Lab47 30 -36Darker#3b2a52Deep#5d4381Lighter#a691c2

Shades of slate blue

Tints of slate blue

Colors that go with slate blue

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 26, 45, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #805fac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
26 45 0 33
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
28 45 4 39
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 #805fac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #805fac; }
.text { color: #805fac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #805fac; }

How slate blue looks on light and dark

Slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #805fac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
5.06:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
4.15:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #805fac 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 #805fac sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #805fac and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #805fac is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.