Indigo

#49014e

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

Indigo sits in the pink band, dark and vivid. 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 #49014e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#49014e

RGB73, 1, 78

HSL296, 97%, 15%

HSV296, 99%, 31%

CMYK6%, 99%, 0%, 69%

Lab15.43, 40.38, -27.34

XYZ4.13, 1.99, 7.37

Decimal4784462

Web safe#330066

Pantone2627 C

Shades of indigo

#400144 #37013b #2e0131 #250128 #210023 #1c001e

Tints of indigo

#6f0277 #9502a0 #bc03c8 #e203f1 #ee21fc #f14afd #f473fd #f79cfe #fbc5fe #feedff

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#064e01 Analogous#22014e Analogous#4e012d Triadic#4e4901 Triadic#014e49 Split complementary#2d4e01 Split complementary#014e22

Indigo in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 6, 99, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #49014e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 99 0 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 95 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 #49014e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #49014e; }
.text { color: #49014e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #49014e; }

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 #49014e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #49014e 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 #49014e 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 #49014e 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 #49014e is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.