Indigo

#57287d

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 soft. 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 #57287d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#57287d

RGB87, 40, 125

HSL273, 52%, 32%

HSV273, 68%, 49%

CMYK30%, 68%, 0%, 51%

Lab26.8, 38.13, -39.76

XYZ8.39, 5.02, 19.93

Decimal5711997

Web safe#663366

Pantone268 C

Shades of indigo

#502573 #492169 #421e5e #3b1b54 #34184a #2c1440 #251136 #1e0e2c #170b21 #100717

Tints of indigo

#683096 #7938af #8a44c3 #9a5dcb #a976d3 #b98edb #c8a7e3 #d8c0eb #e7d9f3 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#4e7d28 Analogous#2d287d Analogous#7d2878 Triadic#7d5728 Triadic#287d57 Split complementary#787d28 Split complementary#287d2d

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 30, 68, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #57287d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 68 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 67 4 57

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Indigo in css

Copy #57287d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #57287d; }
.text { color: #57287d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #57287d; }

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 #57287d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #57287d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Indigo on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #57287d 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn indigo into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #57287d 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 #57287d 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.