Indigo

#4e026e

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 vivid. 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 #4e026e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e026e

RGB78, 2, 110

HSL282, 96%, 22%

HSV282, 98%, 43%

CMYK29%, 98%, 0%, 57%

Lab19.18, 47.21, -42.58

XYZ5.98, 2.79, 14.98

Decimal5112430

Web safe#660066

Pantone2617 C

Shades of indigo

#480266 #3d0256 #37014e #320146 #2c013e #260136 #21012e #1b0126 #15011e

Tints of indigo

#680393 #8303b9 #9d04de #b40dfb #c033fb #cb58fc #d77dfd #e3a3fd #eec8fe #faedff

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#226e02 Analogous#18026e Analogous#6e0258 Triadic#6e4e02 Triadic#026e4e Split complementary#586e02 Split complementary#026e18

Indigo in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 29, 98, 0, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e026e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 98 0 57

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 94 4 63

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 #4e026e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e026e; }
.text { color: #4e026e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e026e; }

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 #4e026e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e026e 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 #4e026e 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 #4e026e 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 #4e026e come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.