Indigo

#550b8a

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. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #550b8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#550b8a

RGB85, 11, 138

HSL275, 85%, 29%

HSV275, 92%, 54%

CMYK38%, 92%, 0%, 46%

Lab23.69, 52.11, -53.0

XYZ8.45, 4.01, 24.37

Decimal5573514

Web safe#660099

Pantone2685 C

Shades of indigo

#4e0a7f #470974 #410869 #3a085e #330753 #2c0648 #26053d #1f0432 #180327 #11021c

Tints of indigo

#690eaa #7c10ca #9013e9 #9f30ee #ae50f1 #bc6ff4 #cb8ff6 #daaff9 #e9cffb #f7eefe

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#408a0b Analogous#150b8a Analogous#8a0b7f Triadic#8a550b Triadic#0b8a55 Split complementary#7f8a0b Split complementary#0b8a16

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 38, 92, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #550b8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 92 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 89 4 52

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 #550b8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #550b8a; }
.text { color: #550b8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #550b8a; }

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 #550b8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #550b8a 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 #550b8a 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 #550b8a 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 #550b8a 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.