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Guide to the Color Indigo

Dive deep into the color indigo. Find color palettes, get the codes for adding ’em to your designs—explore your color-dreaming heart out.

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Indigo color codes

Nail the exact color indigo in your design by using the code from any one of these systems for color identification.

Hex	#4B0082
RGB	r: 75, g: 0, b: 130
HSL	h: 275°, s: 100%, l: 25%
HSV	h: 275°, s: 100%, v: 51%
CMYK	c: 42%, m: 100%, y: 0%, k: 49%

Indigo color palettes

Complementary

Split Complementary

Triadic

Tetradic

Analogous

Monochromatic

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The color indigo in percentages

If you're identifying color for pretty much anything digital, you're working in an RGB colorspace. If the project you're working on requires percentage representation, indigo is made of 29% red, 0% green, and 51% blue.

If you're identifying color for a print project, you're most likely using a CMYK colorspace—the percentages are 42% cyan, 100% magenta, 0% yellow, 49% black.