Indigo

#4c218e

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 264 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 #4c218e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4c218e

RGB76, 33, 142

HSL264, 62%, 34%

HSV264, 77%, 56%

CMYK46%, 77%, 0%, 44%

Lab25.49, 43.92, -52.59

XYZ8.41, 4.58, 26.03

Decimal4989326

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of indigo

#461e82 #3f1c77 #39196b #33165f #2d1353 #261148 #200e3c #1a0b30 #140825 #0d0619

Tints of indigo

#5a27a8 #682dc1 #773cd2 #8956d8 #9b70de #ad8ae4 #bfa3ea #d1bdf0 #e3d7f6 #f5f1fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#638e21 Analogous#212c8e Analogous#83218e Triadic#8e4c21 Triadic#218e4c Split complementary#8e8221 Split complementary#2d8e21

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 46, 77, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4c218e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 77 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 75 4 50

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 #4c218e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4c218e; }
.text { color: #4c218e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4c218e; }

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 #4c218e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4c218e 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 #4c218e 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 #4c218e 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 #4c218e 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. 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.