Indigo

#52268e

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 265 degrees. 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 #52268e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#52268e

RGB82, 38, 142

HSL265, 58%, 35%

HSV265, 73%, 56%

CMYK42%, 73%, 0%, 44%

Lab27.11, 42.54, -49.92

XYZ9.06, 5.13, 26.1

Decimal5383822

Web safe#663399

Pantone267 C

Shades of indigo

#4b2382 #442076 #3e1d6b #37195f #301653 #291347 #22103b #1c0d30 #150a24 #0e0618

Tints of indigo

#602da7 #6e33bf #7e45cd #8f5dd4 #a076da #b18ee1 #c2a7e7 #d3c0ee #e4d8f5 #f5f1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#628e26 Analogous#262e8e Analogous#86268e Triadic#8e5226 Triadic#268e52 Split complementary#8e8626 Split complementary#2e8e26

Indigo in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 42, 73, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #52268e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 73 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 71 4 50

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 #52268e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #52268e; }
.text { color: #52268e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #52268e; }

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 #52268e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #52268e 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 #52268e 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 #52268e 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 #52268e 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. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.