Medium slate blue

#8156ed

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

This is Medium slate blue, a vivid purple at 257 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.

Medium slate blue color values

Every conversion for #8156ed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8156ed

RGB129, 86, 237

HSL257, 81%, 63%

HSV257, 64%, 93%

CMYK46%, 64%, 0%, 7%

Lab48.81, 52.03, -70.25

XYZ27.67, 17.44, 82.03

Decimal8476397

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone2665 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#6d3cea #5a21e7 #4d17d5 #4314ba #3a11a0 #300e85 #270b6b #1d0951 #140636 #0a031c

Tints of medium slate blue

#8c65ef #9875f0 #a384f2 #af93f4 #baa2f5 #c5b2f7 #d1c1f8 #dcd0fa #e8e0fc #f3effd

Colors that go with medium slate blue

Complementary#c2ed56 Analogous#5677ed Analogous#cc56ed Triadic#ed8156 Triadic#56ed81 Split complementary#edcc56 Split complementary#77ed56

Medium slate blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 46, 64, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8156ed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 64 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 63 4 13

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 #8156ed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8156ed; }
.text { color: #8156ed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8156ed; }

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 #8156ed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8156ed 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 #8156ed 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 #8156ed 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 #8156ed 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.