Indigo

#4e238b

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

Indigo is a deep purple with a serious cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #4e238b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e238b

RGB78, 35, 139

HSL265, 60%, 34%

HSV265, 75%, 55%

CMYK44%, 75%, 0%, 45%

Lab25.82, 42.48, -50.18

XYZ8.4, 4.69, 24.89

Decimal5120907

Web safe#663399

Pantone267 C

Shades of indigo

#482080 #411d74 #3b1a69 #34175d #2e1552 #271246 #210f3b #1b0c2f #140924 #0e0618

Tints of indigo

#5c29a4 #6b30be #7a3fcf #8c58d5 #9d72db #af8be2 #c0a4e8 #d2beef #e4d7f5 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#608b23 Analogous#232c8b Analogous#82238b Triadic#8b4e23 Triadic#238b4e Split complementary#8b8223 Split complementary#2c8b23

Indigo in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 44, 75, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e238b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 75 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 73 4 51

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 #4e238b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e238b; }
.text { color: #4e238b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e238b; }

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 #4e238b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e238b 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 #4e238b 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 #4e238b 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 #4e238b are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.