Medium slate blue

#8f57de

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

Medium slate blue falls in the purple range, mid and strong. 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 #8f57de, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8f57de

RGB143, 87, 222

HSL265, 67%, 61%

HSV265, 61%, 87%

CMYK36%, 61%, 0%, 13%

Lab49.41, 50.43, -60.73

XYZ27.92, 17.93, 71.1

Decimal9394142

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone814 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#7f40d9 #702ad4 #6425bc #5820a5 #4b1c8e #3f1777 #33135f #260e48 #1a0a31 #0e051a

Tints of medium slate blue

#9966e1 #a376e4 #ae85e7 #b894ea #c2a4ed #ccb3f0 #d6c2f3 #e1d1f6 #ebe1f9 #f5f0fc

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#a6de57 Analogous#5762de Analogous#d357de Triadic#de8f57 Triadic#57de8f Split complementary#ded257 Split complementary#63de57

Medium slate blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 36, 61, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8f57de on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 61 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 60 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 #8f57de straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8f57de; }
.text { color: #8f57de; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8f57de; }

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 #8f57de against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8f57de 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 #8f57de 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 #8f57de 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 #8f57de 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.