Indigo

#471f61

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 soft. 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 #471f61, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#471f61

RGB71, 31, 97

HSL276, 52%, 25%

HSV276, 68%, 38%

CMYK27%, 68%, 0%, 62%

Lab20.76, 31.92, -31.56

XYZ5.25, 3.18, 11.65

Decimal4661089

Web safe#333366

Pantone2695 C

Shades of indigo

#3c1a52 #37184b #311643 #2c133c #271135 #210e2d #1c0c26 #160a1f #110717

Tints of indigo

#5b287d #6f3198 #8439b4 #964cc6 #a667cf #b683d7 #c69fe0 #d7bae9 #e7d6f2 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#39611f Analogous#261f61 Analogous#611f5a Triadic#61471f Triadic#1f6147 Split complementary#5a611f Split complementary#1f6126

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 27, 68, 0, 62.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #471f61 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 68 0 62

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 67 4 68

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 #471f61 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #471f61; }
.text { color: #471f61; }
.border { border: 2px solid #471f61; }

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 #471f61 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #471f61 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 #471f61 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 #471f61 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 #471f61 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.