Medium slate blue

#855fd8

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

This is Medium slate blue, a strong purple at 259 degrees. 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 #855fd8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#855fd8

RGB133, 95, 216

HSL259, 61%, 61%

HSV259, 56%, 85%

CMYK38%, 56%, 0%, 15%

Lab49.65, 42.26, -56.99

XYZ26.16, 18.13, 67.09

Decimal8740824

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone814 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#7448d3 #6332cd #582cb6 #4d27a0 #422189 #371c73 #2c165c #221146 #170b2f #0c0619

Tints of medium slate blue

#906edc #9b7cdf #a68be3 #b199e6 #bda8ea #c8b6ed #d3c5f1 #ded4f4 #e9e2f8 #f4f1fc

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#b2d85f Analogous#5f76d8 Analogous#c15fd8 Triadic#d8855f Triadic#5fd885 Split complementary#d8c25f Split complementary#75d85f

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 38, 56, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #855fd8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 56 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 56 4 21

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 #855fd8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #855fd8; }
.text { color: #855fd8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #855fd8; }

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 #855fd8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #855fd8 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 #855fd8 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 #855fd8 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

Here is how the numbers for #855fd8 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.