Indigo

#4d1f8e

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

Indigo falls in the purple range, deep and strong. 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 #4d1f8e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4d1f8e

RGB77, 31, 142

HSL265, 64%, 34%

HSV265, 78%, 56%

CMYK46%, 78%, 0%, 44%

Lab25.29, 45.02, -52.91

XYZ8.43, 4.51, 26.02

Decimal5054350

Web safe#663399

Pantone267 C

Shades of indigo

#471c82 #401a77 #3a176b #34155f #2d1254 #271048 #210d3c #1a0b30 #140825 #0e0519

Tints of indigo

#5b25a8 #692ac2 #7939d4 #8b53d9 #9d6ddf #ae88e5 #c0a2eb #d2bcf0 #e3d6f6 #f5f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#608e1f Analogous#1f288e Analogous#851f8e Triadic#8e4d1f Triadic#1f8e4d Split complementary#8e851f Split complementary#288e1f

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 46, 78, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4d1f8e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 78 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 76 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 #4d1f8e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4d1f8e; }
.text { color: #4d1f8e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4d1f8e; }

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 #4d1f8e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4d1f8e 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 #4d1f8e 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 #4d1f8e 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 #4d1f8e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.