Indigo

#38105e

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

Indigo falls in the purple range, deep and strong. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #38105e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#38105e

RGB56, 16, 94

HSL271, 71%, 22%

HSV271, 83%, 37%

CMYK40%, 83%, 0%, 63%

Lab15.59, 35.36, -38.05

XYZ3.84, 2.02, 10.78

Decimal3674206

Web safe#330066

Pantone2765 C

Shades of indigo

#340f57 #300e50 #2c0d4a #280b43 #240a3c #200935 #1c082f #180728 #140621 #10041a

Tints of indigo

#4b167f #5f1b9f #7221c0 #862cdb #984ce1 #ab6de6 #be8eec #d1aef1 #e3cff7 #f6f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#365e10 Analogous#11105e Analogous#5e105d Triadic#5e3810 Triadic#105e38 Split complementary#5d5e10 Split complementary#105e11

Indigo in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 40, 83, 0, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #38105e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 83 0 63

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 80 4 69

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.

Indigo in css

Copy #38105e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #38105e; }
.text { color: #38105e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #38105e; }

How indigo looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Indigo and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #38105e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #38105e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Indigo on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #38105e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around indigo? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn indigo into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #38105e 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 indigo, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #38105e is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.