Indigo

#660099

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 #660099, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#660099

RGB102, 0, 153

HSL280, 100%, 30%

HSV280, 100%, 60%

CMYK33%, 100%, 0%, 40%

Lab27.09, 59.62, -56.62

XYZ11.23, 5.12, 30.53

Decimal6684825

Web safe#660099

Pantone2597 C

Shades of indigo

#5e008d #560081 #4e0074 #450068 #3d005c #350050 #2d0043 #250037 #1d002b #14001f

Tints of indigo

#7d00bb #9300dd #aa00ff #b522ff #c144ff #cc65ff #d787ff #e2a9ff #eecbff #f9edff

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#339900 Analogous#190099 Analogous#99007f Triadic#996600 Triadic#009966 Split complementary#7f9900 Split complementary#00991a

Indigo in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 33, 100, 0, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #660099 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 100 0 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 96 4 46

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 #660099 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #660099; }
.text { color: #660099; }
.border { border: 2px solid #660099; }

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 #660099 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #660099 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 #660099 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 #660099 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 #660099 are worked out. 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.