Indigo

#3b1980

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

This is Indigo, a strong purple at 260 degrees. 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 #3b1980, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b1980

RGB59, 25, 128

HSL260, 67%, 30%

HSV260, 80%, 50%

CMYK54%, 80%, 0%, 50%

Lab20.76, 41.14, -51.65

XYZ6.05, 3.18, 20.72

Decimal3873152

Web safe#330099

Pantone273 C

Shades of indigo

#361776 #32156c #2d1361 #281157 #230f4d #1f0d43 #1a0b38 #15092e #110724 #0c051a

Tints of indigo

#481f9c #5524b9 #622ad5 #7746db #8c62e0 #a17fe6 #b69beb #cab7f1 #dfd4f7 #f4f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#5e8019 Analogous#192b80 Analogous#6e1980 Triadic#803b19 Triadic#19803b Split complementary#806e19 Split complementary#2b8019

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 54, 80, 0, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b1980 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 80 0 50

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 78 4 56

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 #3b1980 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b1980; }
.text { color: #3b1980; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b1980; }

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 #3b1980 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b1980 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 #3b1980 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 #3b1980 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 #3b1980 is computed, not guessed. 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.