Indigo

#4e005c

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

This is Indigo, a vivid pink at 291 degrees. 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 #4e005c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e005c

RGB78, 0, 92

HSL291, 100%, 18%

HSV291, 100%, 36%

CMYK15%, 100%, 0%, 64%

Lab17.42, 44.19, -33.56

XYZ5.07, 2.39, 10.32

Decimal5111900

Web safe#660066

Pantone2627 C

Shades of indigo

#440050 #390043 #2f0037 #2a0031 #24002b #1f0025 #1a001f

Tints of indigo

#700084 #9200ac #b400d4 #d600fc #de25ff #e44dff #ea75ff #f09dff #f6c5ff #fcedff

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#0e5c00 Analogous#20005c Analogous#5c003c Triadic#5c4e00 Triadic#005c4e Split complementary#3c5c00 Split complementary#005c20

Indigo in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 15, 100, 0, 64.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e005c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 100 0 64

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 96 4 70

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 #4e005c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e005c; }
.text { color: #4e005c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e005c; }

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 #4e005c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e005c 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 #4e005c 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 #4e005c 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 #4e005c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.