Indigo

#400a8c

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 vivid. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #400a8c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#400a8c

RGB64, 10, 140

HSL265, 87%, 29%

HSV265, 93%, 55%

CMYK54%, 93%, 0%, 45%

Lab20.83, 50.4, -59.07

XYZ6.96, 3.2, 25.06

Decimal4197004

Web safe#330099

Pantone2735 C

Shades of indigo

#3b0981 #360876 #31086b #2c075f #270654 #210549 #1c043e #170433 #120328 #0d021d

Tints of indigo

#4f0cac #5d0fcc #6c11ec #7f2ff0 #934ff2 #a66ff5 #ba8ff7 #ceaef9 #e1cefc #f5eefe

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#568c0a Analogous#0a158c Analogous#810a8c Triadic#8c400a Triadic#0a8c40 Split complementary#8c810a Split complementary#158c0a

Indigo in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 54, 93, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #400a8c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 93 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 90 4 51

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #400a8c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #400a8c; }
.text { color: #400a8c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #400a8c; }

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 #400a8c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #400a8c 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 #400a8c 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 #400a8c 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 #400a8c are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.