Slate blue

#7f64ae

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

Slate blue falls in the purple range, mid and soft. 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.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #7f64ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7f64ae

RGB127, 100, 174

HSL262, 31%, 54%

HSV262, 43%, 68%

CMYK27%, 43%, 0%, 32%

Lab47.86, 26.78, -35.67

XYZ20.95, 16.68, 42.16

Decimal8348846

Web safe#666699

Pantone814 C

Shades of slate blue

#7256a4 #674d94 #5c4584 #513d74 #463464 #3b2c54 #2f2444 #241b34 #191324 #0e0b14

Tints of slate blue

#8b72b5 #9781bd #a28fc4 #ae9dcc #baacd3 #c6badb #d2c8e2 #ded7ea #e9e5f1 #f5f3f9

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#93ae64 Analogous#646eae Analogous#a464ae Triadic#ae7f64 Triadic#64ae7f Split complementary#aea464 Split complementary#6eae64

Slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 27, 43, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7f64ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 43 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 44 4 38

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 #7f64ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7f64ae; }
.text { color: #7f64ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7f64ae; }

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 #7f64ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7f64ae 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 #7f64ae 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 #7f64ae 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #7f64ae are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.