Indigo

#4b1f81

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 #4b1f81, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4b1f81

RGB75, 31, 129

HSL267, 61%, 31%

HSV267, 76%, 51%

CMYK42%, 76%, 0%, 49%

Lab23.87, 41.2, -47.11

XYZ7.35, 4.06, 21.17

Decimal4923265

Web safe#333399

Pantone273 C

Shades of indigo

#451c77 #3f1a6c #391762 #331557 #2d124d #271042 #210d38 #1a0b2e #140823 #0e0619

Tints of indigo

#5b259c #6a2cb7 #7a35ce #8c50d5 #9d6bdb #af85e2 #c1a0e8 #d2bbef #e4d6f5 #f6f1fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#55811f Analogous#1f2481 Analogous#7c1f81 Triadic#814b1f Triadic#1f814b Split complementary#817c1f Split complementary#24811f

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 42, 76, 0, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4b1f81 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 76 0 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 74 4 55

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 #4b1f81 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4b1f81; }
.text { color: #4b1f81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4b1f81; }

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 #4b1f81 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4b1f81 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 #4b1f81 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 #4b1f81 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 #4b1f81 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.