Indigo

#4b0ea2

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

This is Indigo, a vivid purple at 265 degrees. 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 #4b0ea2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4b0ea2

RGB75, 14, 162

HSL265, 84%, 35%

HSV265, 91%, 64%

CMYK54%, 91%, 0%, 36%

Lab25.01, 55.93, -65.68

XYZ9.58, 4.42, 34.53

Decimal4918946

Web safe#330099

Pantone2735 C

Shades of indigo

#450d95 #3f0c87 #380b7a #32096c #2c085f #260752 #200644 #190537 #13042a #0d021c

Tints of indigo

#5811bf #6613dc #7623ec #8840ee #9a5df1 #ac7af4 #be97f6 #d0b4f9 #e3d1fb #f5effe

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#65a20e Analogous#0e1ba2 Analogous#950ea2 Triadic#a24b0e Triadic#0ea24b Split complementary#a2950e Split complementary#1ba20e

Indigo in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 54, 91, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4b0ea2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 91 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 88 4 42

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #4b0ea2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4b0ea2; }
.text { color: #4b0ea2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4b0ea2; }

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 #4b0ea2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4b0ea2 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 #4b0ea2 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 #4b0ea2 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 #4b0ea2 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.