Indigo

#540da2

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

Indigo falls in the purple range, deep and vivid. 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 #540da2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#540da2

RGB84, 13, 162

HSL269, 85%, 34%

HSV269, 92%, 64%

CMYK48%, 92%, 0%, 36%

Lab26.1, 57.07, -63.84

XYZ10.32, 4.78, 34.56

Decimal5508514

Web safe#660099

Pantone2735 C

Shades of indigo

#4d0c95 #460b87 #3f0a7a #38096d #31085f #2a0752 #230544 #1d0437 #16032a #0f021c

Tints of indigo

#630fbf #7212dd #8221ed #933ef0 #a35cf2 #b479f4 #c496f7 #d5b4f9 #e5d1fb #f6eefe

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#5ba20d Analogous#0d10a2 Analogous#9f0da2 Triadic#a2540d Triadic#0da254 Split complementary#a29f0d Split complementary#10a20d

Indigo in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 48, 92, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #540da2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 92 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 89 4 42

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #540da2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #540da2; }
.text { color: #540da2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #540da2; }

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 #540da2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #540da2 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 #540da2 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 #540da2 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 #540da2 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.