Slate blue

#714cba

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 #714cba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#714cba

RGB113, 76, 186

HSL260, 44%, 51%

HSV260, 59%, 73%

CMYK39%, 59%, 0%, 27%

Lab41.57, 40.34, -52.8

XYZ18.26, 12.22, 47.85

Decimal7425210

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2725 C

Shades of slate blue

#6642ac #5c3c9c #52368b #482f7a #3f296a #352259 #2b1c48 #211537 #170f27 #0d0916

Tints of slate blue

#7e5dc0 #8b6dc7 #997ecd #a68ed4 #b39fda #c0b0e0 #cdc0e7 #dad1ed #e8e2f4 #f5f2fa

Colors that go with slate blue

Complementary#95ba4c Analogous#4c5eba Analogous#a84cba Triadic#ba714c Triadic#4cba71 Split complementary#baa84c Split complementary#5eba4c

Slate blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 39, 59, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #714cba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 59 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 58 4 33

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 #714cba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #714cba; }
.text { color: #714cba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #714cba; }

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 #714cba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #714cba 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 #714cba 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 #714cba 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

Here is how the numbers for #714cba are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.