Indigo

#4b1d6c

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

This is Indigo, a strong purple at 275 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #4b1d6c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4b1d6c

RGB75, 29, 108

HSL275, 58%, 27%

HSV275, 73%, 42%

CMYK31%, 73%, 0%, 58%

Lab21.79, 36.73, -37.06

XYZ6.05, 3.46, 14.54

Decimal4922732

Web safe#333366

Pantone268 C

Shades of indigo

#451b64 #3f185b #3a1653 #34144a #2e1242 #280f3a #220d31 #1c0b29 #170921 #110618

Tints of indigo

#5e2588 #722ca4 #8534c0 #9649ce #a765d6 #b781dd #c79de5 #d7b9ec #e7d5f4 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#3e6c1d Analogous#241d6c Analogous#6c1d65 Triadic#6c4b1d Triadic#1d6c4b Split complementary#656c1d Split complementary#1d6c24

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 31, 73, 0, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4b1d6c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 73 0 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 71 4 64

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Indigo in css

Copy #4b1d6c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4b1d6c; }
.text { color: #4b1d6c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4b1d6c; }

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 #4b1d6c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4b1d6c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Indigo on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4b1d6c 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn indigo into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4b1d6c 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 #4b1d6c is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.