Indigo

#3d249d

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

This is Indigo, a strong blue at 252 degrees. 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 #3d249d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3d249d

RGB61, 36, 157

HSL252, 63%, 38%

HSV252, 77%, 62%

CMYK61%, 77%, 0%, 38%

Lab25.83, 44.54, -61.34

XYZ8.64, 4.69, 32.35

Decimal4007069

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of indigo

#382190 #331e83 #2e1b75 #281868 #23155b #1e124e #190f41 #140c33 #0f0926 #0a0619

Tints of indigo

#462ab5 #502fce #6446d5 #785eda #8c77e0 #a18fe5 #b5a7eb #cac0f1 #ded8f6 #f3f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#849d24 Analogous#24479d Analogous#7a249d Triadic#9d3d24 Triadic#249d3d Split complementary#9d7a24 Split complementary#479d24

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 61, 77, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3d249d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 77 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 75 4 44

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 #3d249d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3d249d; }
.text { color: #3d249d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3d249d; }

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 #3d249d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3d249d 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 #3d249d 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 #3d249d 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 #3d249d 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. 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.