Indigo

#68279c

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 #68279c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#68279c

RGB104, 39, 156

HSL273, 60%, 38%

HSV273, 75%, 61%

CMYK33%, 75%, 0%, 39%

Lab31.33, 49.8, -51.51

XYZ12.44, 6.79, 32.11

Decimal6825884

Web safe#663399

Pantone266 C

Shades of indigo

#5f248f #562082 #4e1d75 #451a67 #3c175a #33134d #2b1040 #220d33 #190926 #100618

Tints of indigo

#782db4 #8833cc #964ad2 #a362d8 #b17ade #bf92e4 #cda9ea #dbc1f0 #e9d9f5 #f7f1fb

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#5b9c27 Analogous#2d279c Analogous#9c2796 Triadic#9c6827 Triadic#279c68 Split complementary#969c27 Split complementary#279c2d

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 33, 75, 0, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #68279c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 75 0 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 73 4 45

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 #68279c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #68279c; }
.text { color: #68279c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #68279c; }

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 #68279c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #68279c 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 #68279c 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 #68279c 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 #68279c is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.