Indigo

#420271

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

Indigo is a deep purple with a weighty cast. 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 #420271, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#420271

RGB66, 2, 113

HSL275, 97%, 23%

HSV275, 98%, 44%

CMYK42%, 98%, 0%, 56%

Lab17.43, 46.31, -47.48

XYZ5.25, 2.39, 15.81

Decimal4326001

Web safe#330066

Pantone2745 C

Shades of indigo

#380260 #2f0150 #2a0148 #25013f #200137 #1b012f #160126 #12011e

Tints of indigo

#580396 #6d03bb #8304e0 #970ffb #a734fb #b759fc #c77efd #d7a3fd #e7c8fe #f7edff

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#317102 Analogous#0a0271 Analogous#710269 Triadic#714202 Triadic#027142 Split complementary#697102 Split complementary#02710a

Indigo in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 42, 98, 0, 56.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #420271 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 98 0 56

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 94 4 62

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 #420271 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #420271; }
.text { color: #420271; }
.border { border: 2px solid #420271; }

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 #420271 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #420271 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 #420271 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 #420271 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 #420271 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.