Indigo

#481860

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 strong. 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 #481860, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#481860

RGB72, 24, 96

HSL280, 60%, 24%

HSV280, 75%, 38%

CMYK25%, 75%, 0%, 62%

Lab19.54, 35.53, -32.86

XYZ5.11, 2.88, 11.35

Decimal4724832

Web safe#330066

Pantone2627 C

Shades of indigo

#3d1452 #38134b #331143 #2d0f3c #280d35 #220b2e #1d0a27 #180820 #120618

Tints of indigo

#5e1f7e #75279c #8b2eb9 #9f3ecf #ad5cd6 #bc7ade #cb97e5 #dab5ed #e9d3f4 #f8f1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#306018 Analogous#241860 Analogous#601854 Triadic#604818 Triadic#186048 Split complementary#546018 Split complementary#186024

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 25, 75, 0, 62.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #481860 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 75 0 62

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 73 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 #481860 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #481860; }
.text { color: #481860; }
.border { border: 2px solid #481860; }

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 #481860 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #481860 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 #481860 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 #481860 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 #481860 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.