Indigo

#3c1961

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 269 degrees. 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 #3c1961, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3c1961

RGB60, 25, 97

HSL269, 59%, 24%

HSV269, 74%, 38%

CMYK38%, 74%, 0%, 62%

Lab18.0, 32.54, -36.09

XYZ4.37, 2.52, 11.57

Decimal3938657

Web safe#330066

Pantone2695 C

Shades of indigo

#331552 #2a1244 #26103d #210e35 #1d0c2e #180a27 #140820 #0f0618

Tints of indigo

#4e217e #60289c #7330b9 #8540ce #985ed5 #ab7bdd #bd99e5 #d0b6ec #e3d3f4 #f6f1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#3e6119 Analogous#191a61 Analogous#601961 Triadic#613c19 Triadic#19613c Split complementary#616019 Split complementary#1a6119

Indigo in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 38, 74, 0, 62.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3c1961 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 74 0 62

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 72 4 68

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 #3c1961 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3c1961; }
.text { color: #3c1961; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3c1961; }

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 #3c1961 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3c1961 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 #3c1961 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 #3c1961 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 #3c1961 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.