Medium slate blue

#8a55eb

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 261 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium slate blue color values

Every conversion for #8a55eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a55eb

RGB138, 85, 235

HSL261, 79%, 63%

HSV261, 64%, 92%

CMYK41%, 64%, 0%, 8%

Lab49.37, 53.76, -68.16

XYZ28.73, 17.9, 80.54

Decimal9065963

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone2665 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#783be8 #6621e5 #5a19d1 #4e15b7 #43129d #380f83 #2d0c69 #22094f #170635 #0c031b

Tints of medium slate blue

#9564ed #9f74ef #aa83f0 #b493f2 #bfa2f4 #cab1f6 #d4c1f8 #dfd0f9 #e9e0fb #f4effd

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#b6eb55 Analogous#556beb Analogous#d555eb Triadic#eb8a55 Triadic#55eb8a Split complementary#ebd555 Split complementary#6beb55

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 41, 64, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a55eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 64 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 63 4 14

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 #8a55eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a55eb; }
.text { color: #8a55eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a55eb; }

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 #8a55eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a55eb 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 #8a55eb 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 #8a55eb 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #8a55eb are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.