Indigo

#56238b

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 269 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 #56238b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#56238b

RGB86, 35, 139

HSL269, 60%, 34%

HSV269, 75%, 55%

CMYK38%, 75%, 0%, 45%

Lab26.86, 43.98, -48.44

XYZ9.1, 5.04, 24.92

Decimal5645195

Web safe#663399

Pantone267 C

Shades of indigo

#4f2080 #481d74 #411a69 #3a175d #331552 #2b1246 #240f3b #1d0c2f #160924 #0f0618

Tints of indigo

#6629a4 #7530be #853fcf #9558d5 #a672db #b68be2 #c6a4e8 #d6beef #e6d7f5 #f6f1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#588b23 Analogous#23248b Analogous#8a238b Triadic#8b5623 Triadic#238b56 Split complementary#8b8a23 Split complementary#248b23

Indigo in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 38, 75, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #56238b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 75 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 73 4 51

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 #56238b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #56238b; }
.text { color: #56238b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #56238b; }

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 #56238b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #56238b 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 #56238b 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 #56238b 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 #56238b are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.