Indigo

#491663

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 #491663, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#491663

RGB73, 22, 99

HSL280, 64%, 24%

HSV280, 78%, 39%

CMYK26%, 78%, 0%, 61%

Lab19.6, 37.4, -34.73

XYZ5.29, 2.89, 12.08

Decimal4789859

Web safe#330066

Pantone2627 C

Shades of indigo

#44145c #3e1354 #39114d #330f45 #2e0e3e #280c37 #230a2f #1d0928 #180720 #120619

Tints of indigo

#5f1d81 #7623a0 #8c2abe #a03ad3 #ae59da #bd77e1 #cc95e8 #dab4ee #e9d2f5 #f8f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#306316 Analogous#221663 Analogous#631657 Triadic#634916 Triadic#166349 Split complementary#576316 Split complementary#166322

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 26, 78, 0, 61.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #491663 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 78 0 61

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 76 4 67

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 #491663 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #491663; }
.text { color: #491663; }
.border { border: 2px solid #491663; }

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 #491663 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #491663 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 #491663 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 #491663 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 #491663 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.