Indigo

#40034f

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

Indigo falls in the purple range, dark and vivid. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #40034f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#40034f

RGB64, 3, 79

HSL288, 93%, 16%

HSV288, 96%, 31%

CMYK19%, 96%, 0%, 69%

Lab13.94, 38.21, -30.51

XYZ3.56, 1.72, 7.54

Decimal4195151

Web safe#330066

Pantone2627 C

Shades of indigo

#380345 #30023b #280231 #24022c #200127 #1c0122 #18011d

Tints of indigo

#600577 #80069e #a008c6 #c009ed #ce28f7 #d750f8 #e077fa #e99ffb #f2c6fd #fbeefe

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#124f03 Analogous#1a034f Analogous#4f0338 Triadic#4f4003 Triadic#034f40 Split complementary#384f03 Split complementary#034f1a

Indigo in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 19, 96, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #40034f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 96 0 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 92 4 75

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 #40034f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #40034f; }
.text { color: #40034f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #40034f; }

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 #40034f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #40034f 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 #40034f 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 #40034f 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

Every value on this page for #40034f is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.