Indigo

#3b167e

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

Indigo is a deep purple with a serious cast. 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 #3b167e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b167e

RGB59, 22, 126

HSL261, 70%, 29%

HSV261, 83%, 49%

CMYK53%, 83%, 0%, 51%

Lab20.08, 41.95, -51.5

XYZ5.86, 3.01, 20.01

Decimal3872382

Web safe#330066

Pantone273 C

Shades of indigo

#361474 #32136a #2d1160 #280f56 #240d4c #1f0c42 #1a0a38 #16082e #110624 #0c051a

Tints of indigo

#491b9b #5620b9 #6425d6 #7840de #8d5de3 #a17be8 #b698ed #cbb5f2 #e0d3f7 #f4f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#597e16 Analogous#16257e Analogous#6f167e Triadic#7e3b16 Triadic#167e3b Split complementary#7e6f16 Split complementary#257e16

Indigo in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 53, 83, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b167e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

53 83 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

53 80 4 57

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 #3b167e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b167e; }
.text { color: #3b167e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b167e; }

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 #3b167e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b167e 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 #3b167e 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 #3b167e 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #3b167e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.