Slate blue

#875ca1

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

Slate blue falls in the purple range, mid and muted. 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 #875ca1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#875ca1

RGB135, 92, 161

HSL277, 27%, 50%

HSV277, 43%, 63%

CMYK16%, 43%, 0%, 37%

Lab46.15, 30.76, -30.65

XYZ20.25, 15.38, 35.62

Decimal8871073

Web safe#996699

Pantone2583 C

Shades of slate blue

#7b5493 #6f4c85 #634477 #583c68 #4c345a #402b4c #34233e #281b30 #1c1322 #100b13

Tints of slate blue

#926baa #9d7ab3 #a989bc #b498c4 #bfa8cd #cab7d6 #d5c6de #e0d5e7 #ece4f0 #f7f4f9

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#76a15c Analogous#645ca1 Analogous#a15c99 Triadic#a1875c Triadic#5ca187 Split complementary#99a15c Split complementary#5ca165

Slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 43, 0, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #875ca1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 43 0 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 44 4 43

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 #875ca1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #875ca1; }
.text { color: #875ca1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #875ca1; }

How slate blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #875ca1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #875ca1 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 #875ca1 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business 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 #875ca1 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 slate blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #875ca1 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.