Indigo

#481c51

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

This is Indigo, a soft pink at 290 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #481c51, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#481c51

RGB72, 28, 81

HSL290, 49%, 21%

HSV290, 65%, 32%

CMYK11%, 65%, 0%, 68%

Lab19.23, 29.98, -23.31

XYZ4.57, 2.8, 8.08

Decimal4725841

Web safe#333366

Pantone269 C

Shades of indigo

#3e1845 #33143a #2e1234 #29102e #240e28 #1f0c22 #190a1d #140817

Tints of indigo

#61266d #7b308a #943aa6 #ab47bf #b863c9 #c580d3 #d29cdd #dfb9e7 #ecd5f1 #f9f2fa

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#25511c Analogous#2d1c51 Analogous#511c40 Triadic#51481c Triadic#1c5148 Split complementary#40511c Split complementary#1c512d

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 11, 65, 0, 68.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #481c51 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 65 0 68

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 64 4 74

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 #481c51 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #481c51; }
.text { color: #481c51; }
.border { border: 2px solid #481c51; }

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 #481c51 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #481c51 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 #481c51 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 #481c51 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 #481c51 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.