Indigo

#4f2666

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

This is Indigo, a soft purple at 278 degrees. 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 #4f2666, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4f2666

RGB79, 38, 102

HSL278, 46%, 27%

HSV278, 63%, 40%

CMYK23%, 63%, 0%, 60%

Lab23.7, 31.41, -30.07

XYZ6.32, 4.01, 13.01

Decimal5187174

Web safe#663366

Pantone2695 C

Shades of indigo

#49235e #432056 #3c1d4e #361a46 #30173e #2a1436 #24112e #1e0e26 #170b1e #110816

Tints of indigo

#633080 #773999 #8b43b3 #9b58c1 #ab72ca #ba8bd4 #c9a5dd #d9bfe7 #e8d8f1 #f7f2fa

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#3d6626 Analogous#2f2666 Analogous#66265d Triadic#664f26 Triadic#26664f Split complementary#5d6626 Split complementary#26662f

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 23, 63, 0, 60.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4f2666 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 63 0 60

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 62 4 66

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 #4f2666 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4f2666; }
.text { color: #4f2666; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4f2666; }

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 #4f2666 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4f2666 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 #4f2666 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 #4f2666 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 #4f2666 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.