Indigo

#51237d

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

This is Indigo, a strong purple at 271 degrees. 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 #51237d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#51237d

RGB81, 35, 125

HSL271, 56%, 31%

HSV271, 72%, 49%

CMYK35%, 72%, 0%, 51%

Lab25.05, 39.37, -42.63

XYZ7.7, 4.43, 19.85

Decimal5317501

Web safe#663366

Pantone268 C

Shades of indigo

#4a2073 #441d69 #3d1b5f #371855 #30154a #2a1240 #230f36 #1d0c2c #160a22 #0f0718

Tints of indigo

#622a97 #7332b1 #833bc8 #9455d0 #a46fd7 #b589de #c5a3e5 #d5bded #e6d7f4 #f6f1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#4f7d23 Analogous#24237d Analogous#7d237c Triadic#7d5123 Triadic#237d51 Split complementary#7c7d23 Split complementary#237d24

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 35, 72, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #51237d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 72 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 70 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 #51237d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #51237d; }
.text { color: #51237d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #51237d; }

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 #51237d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #51237d 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 #51237d 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 #51237d 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 #51237d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.