Indigo

#640685

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 serious cast. 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 #640685, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#640685

RGB100, 6, 133

HSL284, 91%, 27%

HSV284, 95%, 52%

CMYK25%, 95%, 0%, 48%

Lab25.36, 54.2, -47.04

XYZ9.55, 4.53, 22.56

Decimal6555269

Web safe#660099

Pantone2597 C

Shades of indigo

#5c067b #540570 #4d0566 #45045c #3d0451 #350347 #2d033c #260232 #1e0228 #16011d

Tints of indigo

#7d08a7 #9709c9 #b00bea #bf23f5 #c845f7 #d267f8 #dc89fa #e6aafb #f0ccfd #faeefe

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#278506 Analogous#250685 Analogous#850666 Triadic#856406 Triadic#068564 Split complementary#668506 Split complementary#068525

Indigo in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 25, 95, 0, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #640685 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 95 0 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 91 4 54

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 #640685 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #640685; }
.text { color: #640685; }
.border { border: 2px solid #640685; }

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 #640685 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #640685 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 #640685 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 #640685 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

The figures for #640685 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.