Indigo

#51177d

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 weighty 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 #51177d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#51177d

RGB81, 23, 125

HSL274, 69%, 29%

HSV274, 82%, 49%

CMYK35%, 82%, 0%, 51%

Lab23.14, 44.79, -45.73

XYZ7.4, 3.84, 19.75

Decimal5314429

Web safe#660066

Pantone267 C

Shades of indigo

#4b1573 #441369 #3e125f #371055 #310e4b #2a0c42 #240a38 #1e082e #170724 #11051a

Tints of indigo

#641c9a #7722b7 #8a27d4 #9942dc #a95fe1 #b97ce7 #c899ec #d8b6f2 #e7d3f7 #f7f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#437d17 Analogous#1e177d Analogous#7d1776 Triadic#7d5117 Triadic#177d51 Split complementary#767d17 Split complementary#177d1e

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 35, 82, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #51177d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 82 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 79 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 #51177d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #51177d; }
.text { color: #51177d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #51177d; }

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 #51177d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #51177d 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 #51177d 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 #51177d 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 #51177d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.