Indigo

#460c4e

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

This is Indigo, a strong pink at 293 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #460c4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#460c4e

RGB70, 12, 78

HSL293, 73%, 18%

HSV293, 85%, 31%

CMYK10%, 85%, 0%, 69%

Lab16.08, 36.11, -26.32

XYZ4.03, 2.12, 7.4

Decimal4590670

Web safe#330066

Pantone2627 C

Shades of indigo

#3d0a44 #340939 #2a072f #210625 #1c0520 #18041b

Tints of indigo

#651171 #851794 #a41cb7 #c321d9 #ce41e2 #d764e7 #e087ed #e9aaf2 #f2cdf7 #fbf0fd

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#144e0c Analogous#250c4e Analogous#4e0c35 Triadic#4e460c Triadic#0c4e46 Split complementary#354e0c Split complementary#0c4e25

Indigo in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 10, 85, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #460c4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 85 0 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 82 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 #460c4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #460c4e; }
.text { color: #460c4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #460c4e; }

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 #460c4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #460c4e 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 #460c4e 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 #460c4e 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

The figures for #460c4e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.