Indigo

#4e155b

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. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #4e155b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e155b

RGB78, 21, 91

HSL289, 63%, 22%

HSV289, 77%, 36%

CMYK14%, 77%, 0%, 64%

Lab19.69, 37.19, -29.25

XYZ5.3, 2.91, 10.18

Decimal5117275

Web safe#660066

Pantone2627 C

Shades of indigo

#481354 #43124e #3d1047 #370f41 #320d3a #2c0c33 #260a2d #210926 #1b071f #150619

Tints of indigo

#681c7a #832399 #9d2ab8 #b437d1 #c056d8 #cb75df #d794e6 #e3b3ed #eed2f5 #faf0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#225b15 Analogous#2b155b Analogous#5b1545 Triadic#5b4e15 Triadic#155b4e Split complementary#455b15 Split complementary#155b2b

Indigo in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 14, 77, 0, 64.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e155b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 77 0 64

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 75 4 70

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

Indigo in css

Copy #4e155b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e155b; }
.text { color: #4e155b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e155b; }

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 #4e155b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e155b 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 #4e155b 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 #4e155b 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 #4e155b 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.