Slate blue

#6552cb

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

Slate blue sits in the blue band, mid and soft. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Slate blue color values

Every conversion for #6552cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6552cb

RGB101, 82, 203

HSL249, 54%, 56%

HSV249, 60%, 80%

CMYK50%, 60%, 0%, 20%

Lab42.93, 39.17, -60.54

XYZ19.16, 13.11, 58.02

Decimal6640331

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2726 C

Shades of slate blue

#543ec5 #4a36b4 #4230a0 #3a2a8d #322479 #2a1f66 #221952 #1a133f #120d2b #0a0718

Tints of slate blue

#7362d0 #8172d5 #9082d9 #9e92de #aca2e3 #bab2e8 #c8c1ed #d6d1f1 #e5e1f6 #f3f1fb

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#b8cb52 Analogous#527ccb Analogous#a252cb Triadic#cb6552 Triadic#52cb65 Split complementary#cba152 Split complementary#7ccb52

Slate blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 50, 60, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6552cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

50 60 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

50 59 4 26

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 #6552cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6552cb; }
.text { color: #6552cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6552cb; }

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 #6552cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6552cb 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 #6552cb 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 #6552cb 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

The figures for #6552cb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.