Medium slate blue

#8980ff

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

Medium slate blue sits in the blue band, light and vivid. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium slate blue color values

Every conversion for #8980ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8980ff

RGB137, 128, 255

HSL244, 100%, 75%

HSV244, 50%, 100%

CMYK46%, 50%, 0%, 0%

Lab59.87, 35.03, -62.36

XYZ36.09, 27.98, 98.11

Decimal9011455

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#685dff #483aff #2716ff #1100f2 #0f00cf #0c00ac #0a0088 #070065 #050042 #02001f

Tints of medium slate blue

#938bff #9d96ff #a7a1ff #b2acff #bcb7ff #c6c1ff #d0ccff #dad7ff #e4e2ff #eeedff

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#f6ff80 Analogous#80b7ff Analogous#c880ff Triadic#ff8980 Triadic#80ff89 Split complementary#ffc880 Split complementary#b7ff80

Medium slate blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 46, 50, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8980ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 50 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 50 4 6

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium slate blue in css

Copy #8980ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8980ff; }
.text { color: #8980ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8980ff; }

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 #8980ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8980ff against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8980ff 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8980ff 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 #8980ff 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.