Indigo

#51269a

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 rich 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 #51269a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#51269a

RGB81, 38, 154

HSL262, 60%, 38%

HSV262, 75%, 60%

CMYK47%, 75%, 0%, 40%

Lab28.03, 45.62, -55.81

XYZ9.92, 5.47, 31.1

Decimal5318298

Web safe#663399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of indigo

#4a238d #432080 #3d1c73 #361966 #2f1659 #28134c #21103f #1b0c32 #140925 #0d0619

Tints of indigo

#5e2cb2 #6a32ca #7b48d2 #8d60d8 #9e78de #af90e4 #c1a8ea #d2c1f0 #e3d9f6 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#6f9a26 Analogous#26359a Analogous#8b269a Triadic#9a5126 Triadic#269a51 Split complementary#9a8b26 Split complementary#359a26

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 47, 75, 0, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #51269a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 75 0 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 73 4 46

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 #51269a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #51269a; }
.text { color: #51269a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #51269a; }

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 #51269a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #51269a 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 #51269a 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 #51269a 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 #51269a 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 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.