Indigo

#5a208d

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 #5a208d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5a208d

RGB90, 32, 141

HSL272, 63%, 34%

HSV272, 77%, 55%

CMYK36%, 77%, 0%, 45%

Lab27.1, 46.59, -49.27

XYZ9.54, 5.13, 25.69

Decimal5906573

Web safe#663399

Pantone267 C

Shades of indigo

#531d81 #4b1b76 #44186a #3c155f #351353 #2e1047 #260e3c #1f0b30 #170825 #100619

Tints of indigo

#6b26a7 #7b2cc1 #8b3ad2 #9b54d8 #aa6ede #b988e4 #c9a2ea #d8bcf0 #e7d6f6 #f6f0fc

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#538d20 Analogous#23208d Analogous#8d208a Triadic#8d5a20 Triadic#208d5a Split complementary#8a8d20 Split complementary#208d24

Indigo in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 36, 77, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5a208d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 77 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 75 4 51

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 #5a208d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5a208d; }
.text { color: #5a208d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a208d; }

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 #5a208d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5a208d 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 #5a208d 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 #5a208d 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 #5a208d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.