Slate Blue#6A5ACD

Slate Blue Hex Code: #6A5ACD

Slate Blue is a medium, vivid blue. Its OKLCH lightness is 54% and chroma 0.171. Text on this color reads best in white (contrast 5.31:1).

HEX	`#6A5ACD`
RGB	`rgb(106, 90, 205)`
HSL	`hsl(248, 53%, 58%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(248, 56%, 80%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(48%, 56%, 0%, 20%)`
OKLCH	`oklch(54.4% 0.171 285.5)`

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Contrast

White text5.31:1

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Black text3.96:1

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On white5.31:1

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On black3.96:1

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Matching colors

Complementary

#6A5ACDSlate Blue#BDCD5A

Analogous

#6A5ACDSlate Blue#5A84CD#A45ACD

Triadic

#6A5ACDSlate Blue#CD6A5A#5ACD6A

Split complementary

#6A5ACDSlate Blue#CDA35A#84CD5A

Similar named colors

Royal Purple#7851A9Royal Blue#4169E1Medium Slate Blue#7B68EEAmethyst#9966CCMedium Purple#9370DBBlue Violet#8A2BE2Dark Orchid#9932CCRebecca Purple#663399

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Code

CSS	`color: #6A5ACD;`
Tailwind	`bg-[#6a5acd]`
SwiftUI	`Color(red: 0.416, green: 0.353, blue: 0.804)`
Android	`Color.parseColor("#6A5ACD")`
Flutter	`Color(0xFF6A5ACD)`

Slate Blue is a CSS named color (slateblue); the value follows W3C CSS Color Module Level 4.

Frequently asked questions

What is the hex code for slate blue?

Slate Blue is #6A5ACD in hex and rgb(106, 90, 205) in RGB.

What is slate blue in CMYK?

With the plain conversion formula it is cmyk(48, 56, 0, 20). For print, convert with your printer's ICC profile instead.

What text color works on slate blue?

White text has the higher contrast at 5.31:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text (4.5:1).