Medium slate blue

#8a68ea

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 strong purple at 256 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 #8a68ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a68ea

RGB138, 104, 234

HSL256, 76%, 66%

HSV256, 56%, 92%

CMYK41%, 56%, 0%, 8%

Lab53.22, 43.15, -61.39

XYZ30.28, 21.24, 80.35

Decimal9070826

Web safe#9966ff

Pantone814 C

Shades of medium slate blue

#754de6 #6032e2 #4f1ed8 #451abd #3b17a2 #311387 #270f6c #1d0b51 #140736 #0a041b

Tints of medium slate blue

#9476ec #9f83ee #a991f0 #b49ef2 #beacf3 #c9b9f5 #d3c7f7 #ded4f9 #e8e2fb #f3effd

Colors that go with medium slate blue

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Medium slate blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 41, 56, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a68ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 56 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 56 4 14

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 #8a68ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a68ea; }
.text { color: #8a68ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a68ea; }

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 #8a68ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a68ea 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 #8a68ea 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 #8a68ea 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

Every value on this page for #8a68ea is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.