Indigo is one of the seven colors of the rainbow, the color between blue and violet. Indigo gets its name from the plant named indigo was once used for dyeing cloth. Indigo is a deep, rich color that falls between blue and violet on the color spectrum.
What color is Indigo?
Indigo color belongs to the Blue Violet color family (hue). The hexadecimal color code(color number) for Indigo is #4B0082, and the RGB color code is RGB(75, 0, 130).
In the RGB color model, Indigo has a red value of 75, a green value of 0, and a blue value of 130. The CMYK color model (also known as process color, used in color printing) comprises 42.3% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow, and 49.0% key (black). The HSL color scale has a hue of 274.6° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation, and 25.5 % lightness. In the HSB/HSV color space, Indigo has a hue of 274.6° (degrees), 100.0 % saturation and 51.0 % brightness/value.
Indigo is cool or warm?
The color Indigo is a warm color.
What is the LRV of Indigo?
Indigo has an LRV of nearly 3. By LRV value, it is a very dark color.
Light Reflectance Value (LRV) is a measure of how much visible light is reflected off a surface. It is a number on a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being pure black and 100 being pure white. The higher the LRV, the more light the color reflects and the lighter it will appear.
Color Codes - Color Space Conversions
Indigo color codes / color number / color space conversions - HEX, RGBA, CMYK, HSL, HSV/HSB, HYZ, CMY, HWB, RYB
RGBA / RGB
CMYK
HSL
HSL(274.62deg, 100.0 %, 25.5 %)
RYB
HSV/HSB
HWB
H: 274.62°
W: 0.00 %
B: 49.02 %
XYZ
X : 6.93
Y : 3.11
Z : 21.35
YXY
Y1 : 3.11
X : 0.22
Y2 : 0.1
CMY
C : 70.59%
M : 100.00%
Y : 49.02%
LRV
Munsell Color System
CIE-Lab
L : 20.47
A : 51.69
B : -53.32
CIE-Lch
L : 20.47
C : 74.27
H : 314.11
CIE-Luv
L : 20.47
U : 10.08
V : -61.34
Hunter-Lab
L : 17.63
A : 39.33
B : -59.48
Similar Colors and Paints
Named colors similar to Indigo
Here are the colors similar to Indigo . Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
Similar colors from Pantone, RAL, and other color matching system
Pantone PMS
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Paint similar to Indigo
Here are the best recommended paint colors similar to Indigo . Delta E (ΔE) is the measure of the difference between two colors. Delta E is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 means exact match, and 100 is the highest difference.
Valspar
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Benjamin Moore
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Behr
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Color Combinations
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Monochromatic colors belong to the same hue angle but different tints and shades. Monochromatic color palette can be generated by keeping the exact hue of the base color and then changing the saturation and lightness.
Analogous colors are a group of colors adjacent to each other on a color wheel. Group of these adjacent colors forms Analogous color scheme Palette. Analogous Palette can be generated by increasing or decreasing the hue value by 30 points.
The triadic color palette has three colors separated by 120° in the RGB color wheel
The tetradic colour scheme composed of two sets of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
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