Indigo

#5b00a4

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

Indigo is a deep purple with a rich cast. 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 #5b00a4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5b00a4

RGB91, 0, 164

HSL273, 100%, 32%

HSV273, 100%, 64%

CMYK45%, 100%, 0%, 36%

Lab26.46, 60.75, -64.43

XYZ11.02, 4.9, 35.49

Decimal5963940

Web safe#660099

Pantone2735 C

Shades of indigo

#540097 #4c0089 #45007c #3d006f #360061 #2f0054 #270047 #200039 #18002c #11001f

Tints of indigo

#6d00c5 #7f00e6 #9107ff #9f28ff #ae49ff #bd6aff #cb8bff #daacff #e8ccff #f7edff

Colors that go with indigo

Complementary#49a400 Analogous#0900a4 Analogous#a4009b Triadic#a45b00 Triadic#00a45b Split complementary#9ba400 Split complementary#00a409

Indigo in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 45, 100, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5b00a4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

45 100 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

45 96 4 42

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #5b00a4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5b00a4; }
.text { color: #5b00a4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5b00a4; }

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 #5b00a4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5b00a4 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 #5b00a4 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 #5b00a4 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 #5b00a4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.