Medium slate blue

#8e55e4

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

Medium slate blue falls in the purple range, mid and strong. 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.

Medium slate blue color values

Every conversion for #8e55e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8e55e4

RGB142, 85, 228

HSL264, 73%, 61%

HSV264, 63%, 89%

CMYK38%, 63%, 0%, 11%

Lab49.31, 52.78, -64.29

XYZ28.41, 17.85, 75.35

Decimal9328100

Web safe#9966cc

Pantone2665 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#7e3de0 #6e24dc #611fc5 #551bad #491894 #3d147c #311064 #250c4b #190833 #0d041a

Tints of medium slate blue

#9864e6 #a374e9 #ad83eb #b793ee #c1a2f0 #ccb2f3 #d6c1f5 #e0d1f8 #eae0fa #f5f0fd

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#abe455 Analogous#5564e4 Analogous#d555e4 Triadic#e48e55 Triadic#55e48e Split complementary#e4d555 Split complementary#64e455

Medium slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 38, 63, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8e55e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 63 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 62 4 17

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #8e55e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8e55e4; }
.text { color: #8e55e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8e55e4; }

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 #8e55e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8e55e4 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 #8e55e4 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 #8e55e4 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #8e55e4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.