Indigo

#5a219d

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 268 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 #5a219d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5a219d

RGB90, 33, 157

HSL268, 65%, 37%

HSV268, 79%, 62%

CMYK43%, 79%, 0%, 38%

Lab28.63, 50.14, -56.61

XYZ10.85, 5.7, 32.43

Decimal5906845

Web safe#663399

Pantone267 C

Shades of indigo

#521e90 #4b1b83 #431975 #3c1668 #34135b #2d104e #250e41 #1e0b34 #160826 #0e0519

Tints of indigo

#6826b6 #772bcf #8641d7 #965adc #a673e2 #b68ce7 #c6a5ec #d6bef1 #e6d7f7 #f6f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#649d21 Analogous#21269d Analogous#98219d Triadic#9d5a21 Triadic#219d5a Split complementary#9d9821 Split complementary#269d21

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 43, 79, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5a219d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 79 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 77 4 44

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 #5a219d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5a219d; }
.text { color: #5a219d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a219d; }

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 #5a219d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5a219d 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 #5a219d 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 #5a219d 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 #5a219d is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.