Slate blue

#855fb5

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

This is Slate blue, a soft purple at 267 degrees. 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 #855fb5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#855fb5

RGB133, 95, 181

HSL267, 37%, 54%

HSV267, 48%, 71%

CMYK27%, 48%, 0%, 29%

Lab47.63, 33.21, -40.07

XYZ22.11, 16.51, 45.74

Decimal8740789

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone814 C

Shades of slate blue

#7850ac #6d489b #61408a #55387a #493069 #3e2958 #322147 #261936 #1a1126 #0f0a15

Tints of slate blue

#906ebc #9c7dc3 #a78bca #b29ad0 #bda9d7 #c9b8de #d4c6e5 #dfd5ec #eae4f3 #f6f3f9

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#8fb55f Analogous#5f64b5 Analogous#b05fb5 Triadic#b5855f Triadic#5fb585 Split complementary#b5b05f Split complementary#64b55f

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 27, 48, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #855fb5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 48 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 48 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 #855fb5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #855fb5; }
.text { color: #855fb5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #855fb5; }

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 #855fb5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #855fb5 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 #855fb5 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 #855fb5 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 #855fb5 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.