Slate blue

#5b669c

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

This is Slate blue, a muted blue at 230 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #5b669c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5b669c

RGB91, 102, 156

HSL230, 26%, 48%

HSV230, 42%, 61%

CMYK42%, 35%, 0%, 39%

Lab44.41, 10.19, -30.7

XYZ15.07, 14.13, 33.39

Decimal5990044

Web safe#666699

Pantone660 C

Shades of slate blue

#535d8e #4b5481 #434b73 #3b4265 #333958 #2b304a #23273c #1b1f2f #131621 #0b0d13

Tints of slate blue

#6873a7 #7881b0 #8790b9 #979ec2 #a6adcb #b6bbd4 #c5c9dd #d5d8e6 #e4e6ef #f4f5f8

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#9c915b Analogous#5b879c Analogous#705b9c Triadic#9c5b66 Triadic#669c5b Split complementary#9c715b Split complementary#869c5b

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 42, 35, 0, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5b669c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 35 0 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 36 4 45

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Slate blue in css

Copy #5b669c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5b669c; }
.text { color: #5b669c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5b669c; }

How slate blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #5b669c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5b669c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #5b669c sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around slate blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #5b669c 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 slate blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #5b669c is computed, not guessed. 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.