Slate blue

#805fc0

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 balanced 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 #805fc0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#805fc0
RGB128, 95, 192
HSL260, 43%, 56%
HSV260, 51%, 75%
CMYK33%, 51%, 0%, 25%
Lab47.73, 34.66, -46.34
XYZ22.51, 16.58, 51.88
Decimal8413120
Web safe#9966cc
Pantone814 C
Pantone814 CHex#805fc0Rgb128 95 192Cmyk33 51 0 25Lab48 35 -46Darker#3e2967Deep#5d3d9bLighter#aa96d1

Shades of slate blue

Tints of slate blue

Colors that go with slate blue

Slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 33, 51, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #805fc0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
33 51 0 25
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
34 51 4 31
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 #805fc0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #805fc0; }
.text { color: #805fc0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #805fc0; }

How slate blue looks on light and dark

Slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #805fc0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
4.87:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
4.32:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #805fc0 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 #805fc0 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 #805fc0 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #805fc0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.