What colors make Indigo?
On this page, you will find the Indigo Hex, RGB, Hue Saturation Light (HSL), and CMYK color codes. We also include shades and variations of Indigo, color palettes, and related colors.
Indigo color code
The Indigo hex code is #4B0082. The Indigo hex code can be quantified in RGB values which represent the amount of Red, Green and Blue color channels. The RGB value is an estimated amount of red, green, and blue color to create the color Indigo. The RGB estimate is:
- Red: #4B in Hex amounts to 29%
- Green: #00 in Hex amounts to 0%
- Blue: #82 in Hex amounts to 51%
Indigo in HSL
HSL is an acronym which stands for Hue, Saturation, and Lightness. HSL was developed for television and standardized for computer displays.
Hue is the perceived color name. Saturation is the "colorfulness" relative to the color's brightness. Brightness is our human eye's quantifed perception of the spectral light distribution. Lightness is the color brightness relative to a perceived similarly illuminated white.
Brightness and "colorfulness" are absolute measures, while Lightness and and Saturation are relative measures.
Indigo is 275deg, 100%, 25% HSL.
- Hue: 275deg
- Saturation: 100%
- Light: 25%
Indigo color in CMYK color model
The CMYK color model is commonly used in printing. The CMYK acronym stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key. Where key is black. Since the black color is the absence of light, the CMYK is a subtractive color model. White light minus red is cyan, minus green is magenta, minus blue is yellow.
Indigo is 42% 100% 0% 49% CMYK.
- Cyan: 42%
- Magenta: 100%
- Yellow: 0%
- Key (or Black): 49%
Different shades of Indigo
According to its HSL value, Indigo contains about 25% of brightness.
Below are the all the values in HEX, HSL and CMYK color spaces for each shade variations:
- Hex HSL CMYK
- #E9CCFE 274deg, 100%, 90% 8%, 19%, 0%, 99%
- #D399FF 274deg, 100%, 80% 16%, 40%, 0%, 99%
- #BE65FF 274deg, 100%, 70% 25%, 59%, 0%, 99%
- #A832FF 274deg, 100%, 60% 33%, 80%, 0%, 99%
- #9300FF 274deg, 100%, 50% 42%, 100%, 0%, 99%
- #7500CC 274deg, 100%, 40% 42%, 100%, 0%, 99%
- #580099 274deg, 100%, 30% 42%, 100%, 0%, 99%
- #3A0066 274deg, 100%, 20% 42%, 100%, 0%, 99%
- #1D0033 274deg, 100%, 10% 42%, 100%, 0%, 99%
Accessibility tips when using the color Indigo
Ensure your content remains available to the broadest possible audience. Make sure the text color has enough contrast with its background. When using Indigo on text, we recommend you use white for the background.
The reason Indigo contrasts better with a white background is because Indigo has a degree of brightness of 25% which provides better contrast on a bright background.
The Indigo color palette hex codes.
There are a few color palettes available when working with Indigo, but below is our favorite:
- Salami
#820000 - Olive Green
#808000 - Ao (English)
#008000 - Spanish Viridian
#007F5C - Naval Adventures
#072688 - Burgundy
#800020
By interpolating Hue and Saturation values, we can also generate great color palettes inspired from Indigo
- Gray
#808080 - Wreath
#76856A - Beyond The Pines
#688049 - Celadon Green
#2F847C - Maritime Outpost
#1E4581 - Burgundy
#800020
Below is a series of palettes generated from the color Indigo:
Palette variances of 3 colors:
- #4A0082
- #005B82
- #008201
- #558200
- #820005
- #4A0082
- #820073
- #4A0082
- #050082
Palette variances of 4 colors:
- #820700
- #4A0082
- #007582
- #328200
- #718200
- #822300
- #82004A
- #4A0082
- #820064
- #4A0082
- #000982
- #005E82
Palette variances of 5 colors:
- #821600
- #820050
- #4A0082
- #001C82
- #00827E
- #82003D
- #4A0082
- #003082
- #008257
- #238200
- #7C8200
- #823700
- #820018
- #820068
- #4A0082
Palette variances of 6 colors:
- #00824A
- #1D8200
- #827E00
- #821600
- #820050
- #4A0082
- #821200
- #820053
- #4A0082
- #001A82
- #008082
- #00821D
- #822800
- #820048
- #4A0082
- #002582
- #00826D
- #028200
You will find specific color values of Indigo on this page. For example, the Indigo HEX color code is #4B0082. We offer a variety of color palette, variances, and an expert color mixer to develop color schemes. Related colors for Indigo are:
- Patriarch, Purple (Web), Purple color code is (128.0, 0.0, 128.0).
- Ultraberry color code is (119.0, 0.0, 136.0).
- Orbital Kingdom color code is (34.0, 0.0, 136.0).
- Navy Blue color code is (0.0, 0.0, 128.0).
- Extraviolet color code is (102.0, 17.0, 136.0).
- Mardi Gras color code is (136.0, 0.0, 133.0).
- Midnight In Tokyo color code is (0.0, 0.0, 136.0).
- Nightly Expedition color code is (34.0, 17.0, 136.0).
- Galactic Federation color code is (51.0, 0.0, 119.0).
- Dark Magenta color code is (139.0, 0.0, 139.0).
These values can help you match the specific shade and find complementary colors. Looking for a different shade of brown? Our color mixer expertly generates nine different shades and eighteen color variances.
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We started by building a great virtual color mixer. We hope everyone has seen a color wheel. Personally, I loved the color wheel in my art classroom growing up. The acrylic paints like Titanium White, Burnt sienna, Dioxazine Purple make combining colors visceral and our color mixer virtually offers that visceral feeling of color mixing paints. Use our color mixer to build your next color scheme!
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- Red and Green make Yellow.
- Green and Blue make Cyan.
- Blue and Red make Magenta .
Combining a secondary color and a primary color yields tertiary colors. There are six tertiary colors. The six color names are orange, chartreuse green, spring green, azure, violet and rose. Colors continue to expand, for example, halfway between blue and violet is indigo, color code #4B0082, and violet is halfway between blue and purple.
So, the color wheel includes twelve main colors: red, orange, yellow, chartreuse green, green, spring green, cyan, azure, blue, violet, magenta, and rose.
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Included in our color pages are color palettes, we generate color combinations between three and six colors. We call each different color mixture “palette variances.” Each color palette variance includes eighteen color mixes with HEX code displayed.
A third component we provide on this page is color shades. For example, shades of Indigo include Patriarch, Purple (Web), Purple, Ultraberry, Orbital Kingdom, Navy Blue, Extraviolet, Mardi Gras, Midnight In Tokyo, Nightly Expedition, Galactic Federation, and Dark Magenta. We offer nine tints and shades for each color. A color shade is found by adjusting the color saturation to find a darker hue. A color tint is a lighter color. For example, pink is a tint of red.
