Medium slate blue

#8a5cdc

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

Medium slate blue is a mid purple with a confident cast. 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.

Medium slate blue color values

Every conversion for #8a5cdc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a5cdc

RGB138, 92, 220

HSL262, 65%, 61%

HSV262, 58%, 86%

CMYK37%, 58%, 0%, 14%

Lab49.77, 46.12, -59.05

XYZ27.23, 18.22, 69.79

Decimal9067740

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone814 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#7945d7 #692ed2 #5d28bb #5223a4 #461e8d #3b1976 #2f145f #240f48 #180a30 #0d0519

Tints of medium slate blue

#956bdf #9f7ae2 #aa88e6 #b597e9 #bfa6ec #cab5ef #d5c4f2 #dfd3f5 #eae1f9 #f4f0fc

Colors that go with medium slate blue

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Medium slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 37, 58, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a5cdc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 58 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 57 4 20

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.

Medium slate blue in css

Copy #8a5cdc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a5cdc; }
.text { color: #8a5cdc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a5cdc; }

How medium slate blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium slate blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8a5cdc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a5cdc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium slate blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8a5cdc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn medium slate blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8a5cdc 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 medium slate blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #8a5cdc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.