Indigo

#55006e

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 #55006e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#55006e

RGB85, 0, 110

HSL286, 100%, 22%

HSV286, 100%, 43%

CMYK23%, 100%, 0%, 57%

Lab20.27, 48.76, -40.75

XYZ6.56, 3.06, 15.0

Decimal5570670

Web safe#660066

Pantone2617 C

Shades of indigo

#4f0066 #49005e #430056 #3c004e #360046 #30003e #2a0036 #24002e #1e0027 #18001f

Tints of indigo

#730094 #9000ba #ae00e1 #c708ff #d02eff #d854ff #e17bff #eaa1ff #f2c7ff #fbedff

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#196e00 Analogous#1e006e Analogous#6e0050 Triadic#6e5500 Triadic#006e55 Split complementary#506e00 Split complementary#006e1e

Indigo in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 23, 100, 0, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #55006e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 100 0 57

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 96 4 63

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 #55006e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #55006e; }
.text { color: #55006e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #55006e; }

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 #55006e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #55006e 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 #55006e 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 #55006e 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

Every value on this page for #55006e is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.