Indigo

#381c95

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

Indigo sits in the blue band, deep and strong. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #381c95, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#381c95

RGB56, 28, 149

HSL254, 68%, 35%

HSV254, 81%, 58%

CMYK62%, 81%, 0%, 42%

Lab23.14, 45.48, -60.87

XYZ7.47, 3.84, 28.78

Decimal3677333

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of indigo

#331a89 #2f177c #2a1570 #251364 #211057 #1c0e4b #180c3f #130932 #0e0726 #0a051a

Tints of indigo

#4221b0 #4c26ca #5c36d9 #7251de #876be3 #9d86e8 #b2a0ed #c8bbf2 #ddd5f7 #f3f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#79951c Analogous#1c3c95 Analogous#751c95 Triadic#95381c Triadic#1c9538 Split complementary#95751c Split complementary#3c951c

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 62, 81, 0, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #381c95 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 81 0 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 79 4 48

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Indigo in css

Copy #381c95 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #381c95; }
.text { color: #381c95; }
.border { border: 2px solid #381c95; }

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 #381c95 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #381c95 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Indigo on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #381c95 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn indigo into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #381c95 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

Here is how the numbers for #381c95 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.