Indigo

#521969

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 283 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 #521969, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#521969

RGB82, 25, 105

HSL283, 62%, 25%

HSV283, 76%, 41%

CMYK22%, 76%, 0%, 59%

Lab21.98, 39.48, -34.76

XYZ6.38, 3.51, 13.71

Decimal5380457

Web safe#660066

Pantone2627 C

Shades of indigo

#4c1761 #451559 #3f1351 #391149 #330f41 #2c0e39 #260c31 #200a29 #1a0821 #130619

Tints of indigo

#692086 #8027a4 #972ec1 #a841d2 #b65ed9 #c37ce0 #d099e7 #deb6ee #ebd3f5 #f8f1fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#306919 Analogous#2a1969 Analogous#691958 Triadic#695219 Triadic#196952 Split complementary#586919 Split complementary#19692a

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 22, 76, 0, 59.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #521969 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 76 0 59

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 74 4 65

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 #521969 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #521969; }
.text { color: #521969; }
.border { border: 2px solid #521969; }

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 #521969 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #521969 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 #521969 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 #521969 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 #521969 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.