Indigo

#651ba2

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 weighty 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 #651ba2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#651ba2

RGB101, 27, 162

HSL273, 71%, 37%

HSV273, 83%, 64%

CMYK38%, 83%, 0%, 36%

Lab29.81, 55.31, -57.66

XYZ12.28, 6.16, 34.72

Decimal6626210

Web safe#663399

Pantone266 C

Shades of indigo

#5d1994 #541687 #4c1479 #43126c #3b105e #320d51 #2a0b43 #210935 #190728 #10041a

Tints of indigo

#751fbc #8524d6 #943ade #a254e2 #b06ee7 #be88eb #cca2ef #dabcf4 #e9d6f8 #f7f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#58a21b Analogous#211ba2 Analogous#a21b9b Triadic#a2651b Triadic#1ba265 Split complementary#9ba21b Split complementary#1ba222

Indigo in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 38, 83, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #651ba2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 83 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 80 4 42

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 #651ba2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #651ba2; }
.text { color: #651ba2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #651ba2; }

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 #651ba2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #651ba2 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 #651ba2 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 #651ba2 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 #651ba2 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.