Slate blue

#5e45b5

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

Slate blue sits in the blue band, mid and soft. 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 #5e45b5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e45b5

RGB94, 69, 181

HSL253, 45%, 49%

HSV253, 62%, 71%

CMYK48%, 62%, 0%, 29%

Lab37.79, 38.85, -56.06

XYZ15.08, 9.97, 44.85

Decimal6178229

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2725 C

Shades of slate blue

#563fa5 #4e3995 #453385 #3d2d75 #352766 #2d2156 #241b46 #1c1536 #140f26 #0c0816

Tints of slate blue

#6c54be #7b66c5 #8a77cb #9989d2 #a89ad9 #b7acdf #c7bde6 #d6cfed #e5e1f3 #f4f2fa

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#9cb545 Analogous#4564b5 Analogous#9645b5 Triadic#b55e45 Triadic#45b55e Split complementary#b59645 Split complementary#64b545

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 48, 62, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e45b5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 62 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 61 4 35

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 #5e45b5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e45b5; }
.text { color: #5e45b5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e45b5; }

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 #5e45b5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e45b5 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 #5e45b5 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 #5e45b5 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 #5e45b5 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.