Indigo

#420b66

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 rich cast. 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 #420b66, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#420b66

RGB66, 11, 102

HSL276, 81%, 22%

HSV276, 89%, 40%

CMYK35%, 89%, 0%, 60%

Lab17.26, 41.0, -40.57

XYZ4.76, 2.36, 12.77

Decimal4328294

Web safe#330066

Pantone2755 C

Shades of indigo

#380957 #2f0848 #2a0741 #250639 #200532 #1b052a #170423 #12031c

Tints of indigo

#580f88 #6e12aa #8416cd #9922e7 #a944eb #b866ee #c888f2 #d8aaf6 #e8cdfa #f8effd

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#2f660b Analogous#150b66 Analogous#660b5c Triadic#66420b Triadic#0b6642 Split complementary#5d660b Split complementary#0b6614

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 35, 89, 0, 60.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #420b66 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 89 0 60

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 86 4 66

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 #420b66 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #420b66; }
.text { color: #420b66; }
.border { border: 2px solid #420b66; }

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 #420b66 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #420b66 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 #420b66 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 #420b66 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 #420b66 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.