Indigo

#3e177d

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 263 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 #3e177d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3e177d

RGB62, 23, 125

HSL263, 69%, 29%

HSV263, 82%, 49%

CMYK50%, 82%, 0%, 51%

Lab20.51, 41.66, -50.15

XYZ5.99, 3.12, 19.69

Decimal4069245

Web safe#330066

Pantone273 C

Shades of indigo

#391573 #341369 #2f125f #2a1055 #250e4b #200c42 #1c0a38 #17082e #120724 #0d051a

Tints of indigo

#4c1c9a #5b22b7 #6927d4 #7d42dc #915fe1 #a57ce7 #b999ec #cdb6f2 #e1d3f7 #f5f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#567d17 Analogous#17237d Analogous#71177d Triadic#7d3e17 Triadic#177d3e Split complementary#7d7117 Split complementary#237d17

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 50, 82, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3e177d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

50 82 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

50 79 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 #3e177d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3e177d; }
.text { color: #3e177d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3e177d; }

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 #3e177d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3e177d 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 #3e177d 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 #3e177d 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 #3e177d 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.