Indigo

#591e72

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 strong. 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 #591e72, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#591e72

RGB89, 30, 114

HSL282, 58%, 28%

HSV282, 74%, 45%

CMYK22%, 74%, 0%, 55%

Lab24.54, 40.88, -36.4

XYZ7.62, 4.27, 16.34

Decimal5840498

Web safe#663366

Pantone268 C

Shades of indigo

#521c69 #4b1960 #441757 #3d154e #361245 #2f103c #280d33 #210b2a #1a0921 #130618

Tints of indigo

#6f258e #842da9 #9a34c5 #a84bd0 #b667d7 #c383de #d09ee6 #debaed #ebd5f4 #f8f1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#37721e Analogous#2f1e72 Analogous#721e61 Triadic#72591e Triadic#1e7259 Split complementary#61721e Split complementary#1e722f

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 22, 74, 0, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #591e72 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 74 0 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 72 4 61

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 #591e72 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #591e72; }
.text { color: #591e72; }
.border { border: 2px solid #591e72; }

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 #591e72 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #591e72 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 #591e72 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 #591e72 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 #591e72 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.