Slate blue

#7659b2

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

Slate blue is a mid purple with a confident cast. 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.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #7659b2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7659b2

RGB118, 89, 178

HSL260, 37%, 52%

HSV260, 50%, 70%

CMYK34%, 50%, 0%, 30%

Lab44.53, 31.84, -43.33

XYZ19.08, 14.21, 43.86

Decimal7756210

Web safe#666699

Pantone2725 C

Shades of slate blue

#6a4da6 #604696 #563e86 #4b3776 #412f66 #372856 #2c2045 #221935 #181125 #0d0a15

Tints of slate blue

#8368b9 #8f78c0 #9c87c7 #a997cf #b5a6d6 #c2b5dd #cfc5e4 #dcd4eb #e8e3f2 #f5f3f9

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#95b259 Analogous#5968b2 Analogous#a259b2 Triadic#b27659 Triadic#59b276 Split complementary#b2a259 Split complementary#68b259

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 34, 50, 0, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7659b2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

34 50 0 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

35 50 4 36

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 #7659b2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7659b2; }
.text { color: #7659b2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7659b2; }

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 #7659b2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7659b2 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 #7659b2 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 #7659b2 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 #7659b2 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.