Medium slate blue

#8e75ff

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 light blue that reads open. 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 #8e75ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8e75ff

RGB142, 117, 255

HSL251, 100%, 73%

HSV251, 54%, 100%

CMYK44%, 54%, 0%, 0%

Lab57.74, 42.44, -65.75

XYZ35.57, 25.69, 97.69

Decimal9336319

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone2715 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#7253ff #5631ff #3a0fff #2b00eb #2400c9 #1e00a7 #180085 #120063 #0c0041 #06001f

Tints of medium slate blue

#9881ff #a28dff #ac99ff #b5a5ff #bfb1ff #c9bdff #d3c9ff #ddd5ff #e7e1ff #f0edff

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#e6ff75 Analogous#75a1ff Analogous#d375ff Triadic#ff8e75 Triadic#75ff8e Split complementary#ffd375 Split complementary#a1ff75

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 44, 54, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8e75ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 54 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 54 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium slate blue in css

Copy #8e75ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8e75ff; }
.text { color: #8e75ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8e75ff; }

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 #8e75ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8e75ff 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 #8e75ff 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 #8e75ff 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

Here is how the numbers for #8e75ff are worked out. 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.