Indigo

#50007d

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 #50007d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#50007d

RGB80, 0, 125

HSL278, 100%, 25%

HSV278, 100%, 49%

CMYK36%, 100%, 0%, 51%

Lab20.77, 51.17, -49.61

XYZ7.01, 3.19, 19.65

Decimal5243005

Web safe#660066

Pantone2685 C

Shades of indigo

#4a0074 #44006a #3e0061 #380057 #32004e #2c0044 #26003b #200031 #1a0028 #14001f

Tints of indigo

#6700a2 #7f00c6 #9600eb #a911ff #b636ff #c45aff #d17fff #dea4ff #ebc8ff #f9edff

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#2d7d00 Analogous#11007d Analogous#7d006c Triadic#7d5000 Triadic#007d50 Split complementary#6c7d00 Split complementary#007d11

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 36, 100, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #50007d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 100 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 96 4 57

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 #50007d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #50007d; }
.text { color: #50007d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #50007d; }

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 #50007d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #50007d 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 #50007d 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 #50007d 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

Every value on this page for #50007d is computed, not guessed. 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.