Indigo

#6500a4

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

This is Indigo, a vivid purple at 277 degrees. 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 #6500a4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6500a4

RGB101, 0, 164

HSL277, 100%, 32%

HSV277, 100%, 64%

CMYK38%, 100%, 0%, 36%

Lab27.97, 61.77, -61.89

XYZ12.07, 5.45, 35.54

Decimal6619300

Web safe#660099

Pantone267 C

Shades of indigo

#5d0097 #550089 #4c007c #44006f #3c0061 #340054 #2b0047 #230039 #1b002c #13001f

Tints of indigo

#7900c5 #8d00e6 #a007ff #ad28ff #b949ff #c66aff #d28bff #dfacff #ecccff #f8edff

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#3fa400 Analogous#1300a4 Analogous#a40091 Triadic#a46500 Triadic#00a465 Split complementary#91a400 Split complementary#00a413

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 38, 100, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6500a4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 100 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 96 4 42

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

Indigo in css

Copy #6500a4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6500a4; }
.text { color: #6500a4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6500a4; }

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 #6500a4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6500a4 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 #6500a4 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 #6500a4 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 #6500a4 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.