Indigo

#4e239c

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

Indigo falls in the purple range, deep and strong. 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 #4e239c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e239c

RGB78, 35, 156

HSL261, 63%, 37%

HSV261, 78%, 61%

CMYK50%, 78%, 0%, 39%

Lab27.36, 47.12, -58.14

XYZ9.74, 5.22, 31.95

Decimal5120924

Web safe#663399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of indigo

#47208f #411d82 #3a1a75 #341768 #2d145a #27114d #200e40 #1a0b33 #130926 #0c0619

Tints of indigo

#5a29b5 #672ecd #7844d5 #8a5ddb #9b75e0 #ad8ee6 #bfa7eb #d1bff1 #e3d8f6 #f4f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#719c23 Analogous#23349c Analogous#8b239c Triadic#9c4e23 Triadic#239c4e Split complementary#9c8a23 Split complementary#359c23

Indigo in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 50, 78, 0, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e239c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

50 78 0 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

50 76 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Indigo in css

Copy #4e239c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e239c; }
.text { color: #4e239c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e239c; }

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 #4e239c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e239c 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 #4e239c 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 #4e239c 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 #4e239c is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.