Medium slate blue

#885ff6

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 #885ff6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#885ff6

RGB136, 95, 246

HSL256, 89%, 67%

HSV256, 61%, 96%

CMYK45%, 61%, 0%, 4%

Lab51.92, 50.97, -70.2

XYZ30.88, 20.07, 89.44

Decimal8937462

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone814 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#7242f4 #5c24f3 #490deb #400ccd #370ab0 #2e0893 #250775 #1b0558 #12033a #09021d

Tints of medium slate blue

#936df7 #9d7cf8 #a88af8 #b398f9 #bda7fa #c8b5fb #d3c3fc #ddd1fc #e8e0fd #f2eefe

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#cdf65f Analogous#5f81f6 Analogous#d45ff6 Triadic#f6885f Triadic#5ff688 Split complementary#f6d45f Split complementary#81f65f

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 45, 61, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #885ff6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

45 61 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

45 60 4 10

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 #885ff6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #885ff6; }
.text { color: #885ff6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #885ff6; }

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 #885ff6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #885ff6 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 #885ff6 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 #885ff6 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 #885ff6 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.