Indigo

#4c1952

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

Indigo is a dark pink, dramatic and easy to pair. 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 #4c1952, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4c1952

RGB76, 25, 82

HSL294, 53%, 21%

HSV294, 70%, 32%

CMYK7%, 70%, 0%, 68%

Lab19.4, 32.9, -23.69

XYZ4.85, 2.84, 8.28

Decimal4987218

Web safe#330066

Pantone2623 C

Shades of indigo

#411546 #3c1440 #311035 #2b0e2f #260d29 #210b23 #1b091d #160717

Tints of indigo

#672270 #832b8d #9e34ab #b740c5 #c25ece #cd7bd7 #d899e0 #e4b6e9 #efd4f2 #faf1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#1f5219 Analogous#301952 Analogous#52193b Triadic#524c19 Triadic#19524c Split complementary#3b5219 Split complementary#19522f

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 7, 70, 0, 68.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4c1952 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

7 70 0 68

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 68 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 #4c1952 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4c1952; }
.text { color: #4c1952; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4c1952; }

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 #4c1952 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4c1952 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 #4c1952 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 #4c1952 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

Here is how the numbers for #4c1952 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.