Medium slate blue

#9c55fa

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 vivid. 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 #9c55fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9c55fa

RGB156, 85, 250

HSL266, 94%, 66%

HSV266, 66%, 98%

CMYK38%, 66%, 0%, 2%

Lab52.36, 61.02, -71.62

XYZ34.21, 20.47, 92.59

Decimal10245626

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone265 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#8b37f9 #7a1af8 #6a07ed #5d06cf #4f05b2 #420494 #350376 #280359 #1b023b #0d011e

Tints of medium slate blue

#a564fa #ae74fb #b783fb #c092fc #c8a1fc #d1b1fd #dac0fd #e3cffe #ecdefe #f5eefe

Colors that go with medium slate blue

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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 38, 66, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9c55fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 66 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 65 4 8

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 #9c55fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9c55fa; }
.text { color: #9c55fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9c55fa; }

How medium slate blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Medium slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9c55fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9c55fa 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 #9c55fa 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 #9c55fa 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 #9c55fa are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.