Medium slate blue

#855ae2

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

Medium slate blue is a mid purple with a grounded cast. 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.

Medium slate blue color values

Every conversion for #855ae2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#855ae2

RGB133, 90, 226

HSL259, 70%, 62%

HSV259, 60%, 89%

CMYK41%, 60%, 0%, 11%

Lab49.24, 47.71, -63.33

XYZ27.06, 17.79, 73.96

Decimal8739554

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone814 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#7342de #6129d9 #5622c4 #4b1eac #401a93 #36167b #2b1163 #210d4b #160932 #0b051a

Tints of medium slate blue

#9069e5 #9b78e7 #a687ea #b196ed #bca5ef #c7b4f2 #d3c3f4 #ded2f7 #e9e1fa #f4f0fc

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#b7e25a Analogous#5a73e2 Analogous#c95ae2 Triadic#e2855a Triadic#5ae285 Split complementary#e2c95a Split complementary#73e25a

Medium 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 41, 60, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #855ae2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 60 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 59 4 17

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.

Medium slate blue in css

Copy #855ae2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #855ae2; }
.text { color: #855ae2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #855ae2; }

How medium slate blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #855ae2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #855ae2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #855ae2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium 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 medium slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #855ae2 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 medium slate blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #855ae2 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.