Indigo

#4e1459

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

This is Indigo, a strong pink at 290 degrees. 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 #4e1459, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e1459

RGB78, 20, 89

HSL290, 63%, 21%

HSV290, 78%, 35%

CMYK12%, 78%, 0%, 65%

Lab19.4, 37.18, -28.37

XYZ5.2, 2.84, 9.73

Decimal5117017

Web safe#660066

Pantone2627 C

Shades of indigo

#43114c #380e3f #320d39 #2c0b33 #270a2c #210826 #1c071f #160619

Tints of indigo

#691b78 #852298 #a029b7 #b935d2 #c354d9 #ce73e0 #d993e7 #e4b2ee #efd1f5 #faf0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#1f5914 Analogous#2c1459 Analogous#591441 Triadic#594e14 Triadic#14594e Split complementary#415914 Split complementary#14592c

Indigo in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 12, 78, 0, 65.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e1459 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 78 0 65

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 76 4 71

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 #4e1459 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e1459; }
.text { color: #4e1459; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e1459; }

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 #4e1459 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e1459 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 #4e1459 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 #4e1459 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 #4e1459 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.