Indigo

#381e9a

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #381e9a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#381e9a

RGB56, 30, 154

HSL253, 67%, 36%

HSV253, 81%, 60%

CMYK64%, 81%, 0%, 40%

Lab24.01, 46.02, -62.52

XYZ7.93, 4.1, 30.95

Decimal3677850

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of indigo

#331b8d #2f1980 #2a1673 #251467 #21115a #1c0f4d #170c40 #130a33 #0e0726 #09051a

Tints of indigo

#4123b4 #4b28ce #5d3cd9 #7255de #876fe3 #9d89e8 #b2a3ed #c8bcf2 #ddd6f7 #f3f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#809a1e Analogous#1e429a Analogous#761e9a Triadic#9a381e Triadic#1e9a38 Split complementary#9a761e Split complementary#429a1e

Indigo in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 64, 81, 0, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #381e9a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

64 81 0 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

63 79 4 46

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 #381e9a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #381e9a; }
.text { color: #381e9a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #381e9a; }

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 #381e9a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #381e9a 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 #381e9a 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 #381e9a 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

The figures for #381e9a 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.