Indigo

#452574

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 #452574, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#452574

RGB69, 37, 116

HSL264, 52%, 30%

HSV264, 68%, 45%

CMYK41%, 68%, 0%, 55%

Lab23.17, 33.19, -40.03

XYZ6.27, 3.85, 16.94

Decimal4531572

Web safe#333366

Pantone268 C

Shades of indigo

#3f226b #3a1f61 #341c58 #2f194f #291646 #24133c #1e1033 #190d2a #130a20 #0e0717

Tints of indigo

#542d8e #6435a7 #733ec1 #8557c9 #9871d2 #ab8bda #bda4e2 #d0beea #e3d8f2 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#547425 Analogous#252d74 Analogous#6c2574 Triadic#744525 Triadic#257445 Split complementary#746c25 Split complementary#2d7425

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, 68, 0, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #452574 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 68 0 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 67 4 61

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Indigo in css

Copy #452574 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #452574; }
.text { color: #452574; }
.border { border: 2px solid #452574; }

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 #452574 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #452574 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Indigo on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #452574 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn indigo into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #452574 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 #452574 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.