Indigo

#3e2299

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

Indigo sits in the blue band, deep and strong. 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 #3e2299, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3e2299

RGB62, 34, 153

HSL254, 64%, 37%

HSV254, 78%, 60%

CMYK59%, 78%, 0%, 40%

Lab25.16, 44.48, -59.98

XYZ8.31, 4.47, 30.56

Decimal4072089

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of indigo

#391f8c #341c7f #2e1973 #291766 #241459 #1f114c #1a0e3f #150b33 #0f0826 #0a0619

Tints of indigo

#4828b2 #522dcb #6442d5 #795bda #8d74e0 #a18de6 #b6a5eb #cabef1 #dfd7f6 #f3f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#7d9922 Analogous#224199 Analogous#7a2299 Triadic#993e22 Triadic#22993e Split complementary#997a22 Split complementary#419922

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 59, 78, 0, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3e2299 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

59 78 0 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

58 76 4 46

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 #3e2299 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3e2299; }
.text { color: #3e2299; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3e2299; }

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 #3e2299 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3e2299 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 #3e2299 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 #3e2299 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 #3e2299 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.