Indigo

#3a1565

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #3a1565, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3a1565

RGB58, 21, 101

HSL268, 66%, 24%

HSV268, 79%, 40%

CMYK43%, 79%, 0%, 60%

Lab17.35, 35.28, -39.82

XYZ4.36, 2.38, 12.54

Decimal3806565

Web safe#330066

Pantone274 C

Shades of indigo

#311256 #2d104e #290f47 #240d3f #200c38 #1c0a30 #170828 #130721 #0f0519

Tints of indigo

#4c1b84 #5d22a2 #6f28c1 #8138d6 #9557dc #a876e2 #bb94e9 #cfb3ef #e2d2f6 #f6f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#406515 Analogous#151865 Analogous#621565 Triadic#653a15 Triadic#15653a Split complementary#656215 Split complementary#186515

Indigo in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 43, 79, 0, 60.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3a1565 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 79 0 60

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 77 4 66

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 #3a1565 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3a1565; }
.text { color: #3a1565; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3a1565; }

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 #3a1565 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3a1565 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 #3a1565 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 #3a1565 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 #3a1565 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.