Indigo

#4e296d

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 soft. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Indigo color values

Every conversion for #4e296d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e296d

RGB78, 41, 109

HSL273, 45%, 29%

HSV273, 62%, 43%

CMYK28%, 62%, 0%, 57%

Lab24.67, 31.19, -33.05

XYZ6.7, 4.31, 14.95

Decimal5122413

Web safe#663366

Pantone268 C

Shades of indigo

#482664 #42225c #3b1f53 #351c4a #2f1942 #291539 #231230 #1c0f28 #160c1f #100816

Tints of indigo

#603286 #723c9f #8345b8 #945dc2 #a476cb #b58fd5 #c5a7de #d6c0e7 #e6d9f1 #f6f2fa

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#486d29 Analogous#2c296d Analogous#6d296a Triadic#6d4e29 Triadic#296d4e Split complementary#6a6d29 Split complementary#296d2c

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 28, 62, 0, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e296d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 62 0 57

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 61 4 63

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 #4e296d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e296d; }
.text { color: #4e296d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e296d; }

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 #4e296d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e296d 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 #4e296d 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 #4e296d 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 #4e296d are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.