Indigo

#3f166a

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

Indigo falls in the purple range, deep and strong. 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 #3f166a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3f166a

RGB63, 22, 106

HSL269, 66%, 25%

HSV269, 79%, 42%

CMYK41%, 79%, 0%, 58%

Lab18.68, 37.11, -40.9

XYZ4.94, 2.67, 13.89

Decimal4134506

Web safe#330066

Pantone273 C

Shades of indigo

#3a1462 #35135a #311152 #2c0f4a #270e42 #220c3a #1d0a32 #190929 #140721 #0f0519

Tints of indigo

#511c88 #6323a6 #7529c4 #873bd6 #9959dd #ac78e3 #be96e9 #d1b4ef #e3d2f6 #f6f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#416a16 Analogous#16176a Analogous#69166a Triadic#6a3f16 Triadic#166a3f Split complementary#6a6916 Split complementary#176a16

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 41, 79, 0, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3f166a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 79 0 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 77 4 64

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 #3f166a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3f166a; }
.text { color: #3f166a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3f166a; }

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 #3f166a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3f166a 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 #3f166a 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 #3f166a 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 #3f166a 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 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.