Indigo

#5a079d

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

Indigo is a deep purple with a rich cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #5a079d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5a079d

RGB90, 7, 157

HSL273, 91%, 32%

HSV273, 96%, 62%

CMYK43%, 96%, 0%, 38%

Lab26.04, 57.78, -60.86

XYZ10.38, 4.76, 32.27

Decimal5900189

Web safe#660099

Pantone2735 C

Shades of indigo

#530690 #4b0683 #440577 #3d056a #35045d #2e0450 #270344 #1f0237 #18022a #11011d

Tints of indigo

#6c08bc #7e0adc #8f12f4 #9e31f6 #ad51f7 #bc70f9 #cb90fa #d9affb #e8cefd #f7eefe

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#4a9d07 Analogous#0f079d Analogous#9d0795 Triadic#9d5a07 Triadic#079d5a Split complementary#959d07 Split complementary#079d0f

Indigo in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 43, 96, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5a079d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 96 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 92 4 44

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 #5a079d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5a079d; }
.text { color: #5a079d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a079d; }

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 #5a079d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5a079d 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 #5a079d 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 #5a079d 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 #5a079d are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.