Indigo

#4e005e

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

Indigo sits in the pink band, dark and vivid. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #4e005e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e005e

RGB78, 0, 94

HSL290, 100%, 18%

HSV290, 100%, 37%

CMYK17%, 100%, 0%, 63%

Lab17.59, 44.57, -34.63

XYZ5.16, 2.43, 10.79

Decimal5111902

Web safe#660066

Pantone2627 C

Shades of indigo

#430051 #390045 #34003e #290032 #24002b #1f0025 #19001f

Tints of indigo

#6f0086 #9000ae #b100d5 #d200fd #da26ff #e14eff #e876ff #ee9eff #f5c5ff #fcedff

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#105e00 Analogous#1f005e Analogous#5e003f Triadic#5e4e00 Triadic#005e4e Split complementary#3f5e00 Split complementary#005e1f

Indigo in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 17, 100, 0, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e005e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 100 0 63

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 96 4 69

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 #4e005e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e005e; }
.text { color: #4e005e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e005e; }

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 #4e005e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e005e 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 #4e005e 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 #4e005e 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 #4e005e are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.