Indigo

#3f034b

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

Indigo sits in the pink band, dark and vivid. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #3f034b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3f034b

RGB63, 3, 75

HSL290, 92%, 15%

HSV290, 96%, 29%

CMYK16%, 96%, 0%, 71%

Lab13.41, 37.2, -28.62

XYZ3.35, 1.63, 6.79

Decimal4129611

Web safe#330033

Pantone2627 C

Shades of indigo

#370342 #300239 #280230 #24022b #200227 #1d0122 #19011d

Tints of indigo

#600573 #82069b #a308c2 #c509ea #d427f6 #dc4ff8 #e476fa #ec9efb #f4c6fd #fceefe

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#0f4b03 Analogous#1b034b Analogous#4b0333 Triadic#4b3f03 Triadic#034b3f Split complementary#334b03 Split complementary#034b1b

Indigo in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 16, 96, 0, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3f034b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 96 0 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 92 4 77

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 #3f034b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3f034b; }
.text { color: #3f034b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3f034b; }

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 #3f034b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3f034b 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 #3f034b 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 #3f034b 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 #3f034b 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.