Indigo

#4a104f

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

Indigo is a dark pink, anchoring and easy to pair. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #4a104f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4a104f

RGB74, 16, 79

HSL295, 66%, 19%

HSV295, 80%, 31%

CMYK6%, 80%, 0%, 69%

Lab17.42, 35.77, -24.82

XYZ4.42, 2.39, 7.63

Decimal4853839

Web safe#330066

Pantone2627 C

Shades of indigo

#450f4a #400e44 #3b0d3f #360c3a #310b34 #2c092f #27082a #220724 #1d061f #180519

Tints of indigo

#691770 #881d91 #a724b2 #c62bd3 #cf4bdb #d86ce1 #e18de8 #e9aeef #f2cff5 #fbf0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#154f10 Analogous#2a104f Analogous#4f1035 Triadic#4f4a10 Triadic#104f4a Split complementary#344f10 Split complementary#104f2b

Indigo in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 6, 80, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4a104f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 80 0 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 78 4 75

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 #4a104f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4a104f; }
.text { color: #4a104f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4a104f; }

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 #4a104f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4a104f 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 #4a104f 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 #4a104f 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

The figures for #4a104f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.