Slate blue

#875cd2

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 strong. 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 #875cd2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#875cd2

RGB135, 92, 210

HSL262, 57%, 59%

HSV262, 56%, 82%

CMYK36%, 56%, 0%, 18%

Lab48.83, 42.83, -54.88

XYZ25.45, 17.46, 63.0

Decimal8871122

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone814 C

Shades of slate blue

#7747cc #6936c2 #5d30ad #522a98 #462482 #3b1e6d #2f1858 #241243 #180c2d #0d0718

Tints of slate blue

#926bd6 #9d7ada #a889de #b398e2 #bea7e7 #c9b5eb #d4c4ef #dfd3f3 #eae2f7 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#a7d25c Analogous#5c6cd2 Analogous#c25cd2 Triadic#d2875c Triadic#5cd287 Split complementary#d2c25c Split complementary#6cd25c

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 36, 56, 0, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #875cd2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 56 0 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 56 4 24

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 #875cd2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #875cd2; }
.text { color: #875cd2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #875cd2; }

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 #875cd2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #875cd2 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 #875cd2 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 #875cd2 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

Every value on this page for #875cd2 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.