Indigo

#560465

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

This is Indigo, a vivid pink at 291 degrees. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #560465, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#560465

RGB86, 4, 101

HSL291, 92%, 21%

HSV291, 96%, 40%

CMYK15%, 96%, 0%, 60%

Lab20.06, 46.15, -35.19

XYZ6.23, 3.0, 12.56

Decimal5637221

Web safe#660066

Pantone2617 C

Shades of indigo

#4a0357 #3e0348 #380341 #31023a #2b0233 #25022c #1f0125 #19011d

Tints of indigo

#76058a #9507af #b508d5 #d20ef5 #d934f7 #e059f8 #e77efa #eea3fb #f5c9fd #fceefe

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#136504 Analogous#260465 Analogous#650443 Triadic#655604 Triadic#046556 Split complementary#436504 Split complementary#046526

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 15, 96, 0, 60.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #560465 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 96 0 60

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 92 4 66

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 #560465 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #560465; }
.text { color: #560465; }
.border { border: 2px solid #560465; }

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 #560465 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #560465 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 #560465 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 #560465 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

Here is how the numbers for #560465 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.