Indigo

#520a5c

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

Indigo is a dark pink, moody and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #520a5c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#520a5c

RGB82, 10, 92

HSL293, 80%, 20%

HSV293, 89%, 36%

CMYK11%, 89%, 0%, 64%

Lab19.16, 42.1, -30.73

XYZ5.52, 2.78, 10.37

Decimal5376604

Web safe#660066

Pantone2627 C

Shades of indigo

#4c0956 #47094f #410849 #3b0742 #35073c #300635 #2a052f #240428 #1e0422 #19031c

Tints of indigo

#710e7f #9112a2 #b015c6 #ce1ce6 #d53fea #dd62ee #e585f2 #eca9f6 #f4ccf9 #fbeffd

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#145c0a Analogous#290a5c Analogous#5c0a3d Triadic#5c520a Triadic#0a5c52 Split complementary#3d5c0a Split complementary#0a5c29

Indigo in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 11, 89, 0, 64.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #520a5c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 89 0 64

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 86 4 70

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Indigo in css

Copy #520a5c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #520a5c; }
.text { color: #520a5c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #520a5c; }

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 #520a5c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #520a5c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Indigo on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #520a5c 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn indigo into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #520a5c 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 #520a5c are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.