Medium slate blue

#855dfc

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

Medium slate blue color values

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

Hex#855dfc

RGB133, 93, 252

HSL255, 96%, 68%

HSV255, 63%, 99%

CMYK47%, 63%, 0%, 1%

Lab51.66, 53.12, -73.97

XYZ31.16, 19.84, 94.28

Decimal8740348

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone814 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#6e3efb #571ffb #4105f6 #3904d7 #3103b8 #29039a #21027b #18025c #10013d #08011e

Tints of medium slate blue

#906bfc #9b7afd #a688fd #b197fd #bba5fd #c6b4fe #d1c2fe #dcd1fe #e7dffe #f2edff

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#d4fc5d Analogous#5d84fc Analogous#d45dfc Triadic#fc855d Triadic#5dfc85 Split complementary#fcd55d Split complementary#84fc5d

Medium slate blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 47, 63, 0, 1.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 63 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 62 4 7

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.

Medium slate blue in css

Copy #855dfc straight into your stylesheet.

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

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 #855dfc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #855dfc 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 #855dfc 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 #855dfc 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #855dfc are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.