Medium slate blue

#8a5bdf

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 confident 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 #8a5bdf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a5bdf

RGB138, 91, 223

HSL261, 67%, 62%

HSV261, 59%, 87%

CMYK38%, 59%, 0%, 13%

Lab49.75, 47.45, -60.77

XYZ27.54, 18.21, 71.88

Decimal9067487

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone814 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#7943da #682cd6 #5c25c0 #5121a8 #451c90 #3a1878 #2f1361 #230e49 #180a31 #0c051a

Tints of medium slate blue

#956ae2 #9f79e5 #aa88e8 #b597eb #bfa6ee #cab4f0 #d4c3f3 #dfd2f6 #eae1f9 #f4f0fc

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#b0df5b Analogous#5b6edf Analogous#cc5bdf Triadic#df8a5b Triadic#5bdf8a Split complementary#dfcc5b Split complementary#6edf5b

Medium slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 38, 59, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a5bdf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 59 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 58 4 19

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.

Medium slate blue in css

Copy #8a5bdf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a5bdf; }
.text { color: #8a5bdf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a5bdf; }

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 #8a5bdf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a5bdf 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 #8a5bdf 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 #8a5bdf 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

The figures for #8a5bdf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.