Closest web-safe match: #333366

Color Details and Palettes for #352B6A

Details about the color Indie Go#352B6A

Conversions, palettes, contrast & design ideas for this color.

Indigo family Cool WCAG ink: white
HEX #352B6A RGB rgb(53, 43, 106) HSL hsl(250, 42%, 29%) CMYK cmyk(50%, 59%, 0%, 58%)

Color profile

About Color Hex #352B6A

#352B6A is a cool color from the Indigo family, closest in name to “Indie Go”. In RGB it is rgb(53, 43, 106); in HSL, hsl(250, 42%, 29%).

The color Indie Go, with hexadecimal code #352b6a, belongs to the blue color family, the world's most universally preferred hue. Blue projects trust, stability, and intellectual calm, which is why it dominates corporate, financial, and technology branding worldwide. Additionally, it evokes emotions such as Trust, Peace, Loyalty, Integrity and Tranquility. Blue signifies tranquility and stability. In Middle Eastern cultures, it can also represent protection against the evil eye, while in Western cultures, it symbolizes calmness and reliability. With a moderate saturation of 42%, it has a softened, muted quality that lends sophistication and works well for backgrounds and secondary elements. Its low lightness of 29% produces a deep, rich appearance—conveying gravity and luxury, particularly effective in dark-mode designs and premium packaging. This color is ideal for designs that aim to express Trust, Peace, Loyalty, Integrity, or Tranquility. It can be effectively used in web design, branding, and marketing materials to attract attention and convey specific messages.

Key facts

RGB 53, 43, 106 red · green · blue HSL 250° 42% 29% hue · sat · light HSV 250° 59% 42% design-app pickers CMYK 50 59 0 58 print inks, % Luminance 0.035 0 dark → 1 light On black 1.71:1 ✕ AA contrast ratio On white 12.32:1 ✓ AA contrast ratio Web-safe #333366 closest web-safe Best text white ideal foreground Character Vivid cool · indigo family

The story of this color

History, Usage, Psychology & Design Ideas for #352B6A

Indie Go (#352B6A) belongs to the Indigo color family.

This deep, saturated shade conveys authority and richness. Deep tones are favored in luxury packaging, evening-event branding, and dark-mode interfaces where they provide dramatic contrast against lighter elements.

Historical Background

Indigo dye—extracted from Indigofera plants—has been used for over 6,000 years, with the oldest known samples found in Peru. It was the foundation of the blue-dye trade across India, West Africa, and the Americas, and its economic importance rivaled that of spices. Levi Strauss chose indigo-dyed denim for the first blue jeans in 1873, cementing indigo's place in everyday fashion worldwide.

Design & Usage Tips

Indigo occupies the territory between blue and purple, lending depth without purple's flamboyance. It is excellent for evening-event branding, high-end fashion, and editorial design. Pair indigo with soft gold or warm white for a sophisticated contrast, or with coral for a contemporary editorial palette.

Sitting on the cool side of the spectrum (hue 250°), it promotes a feeling of calm distance and intellectual clarity, which is why cool hues dominate corporate identities, healthcare design, and productivity tools. At 42% saturation, the color has a muted, sophisticated quality that pairs well with bolder accents. It works as a background, a border, or a secondary element in layered compositions.

Psychological Impact

Indigo conveys depth, wisdom, and introspection. It carries the trustworthiness of blue with a hint of purple's creativity, appealing to brands that want to appear both reliable and imaginative—think higher education, think-tanks, and creative consultancies.

Its low lightness of 29% gives it a deep, intense presence. Deep tones like this excel as dark-mode backgrounds, header bars, and anywhere a sense of gravity or luxury is desired.

Creative Design Ideas

Use indigo as a full-page background with centered white text for impactful statement pages. Combine indigo with copper accents for a rich, modern luxury feel in packaging. In web design, indigo sidebar navigation with white icons creates a polished, app-like interface.

Every format

#352B6A Color Conversions

Every way to write Indie Go — one-tap copy on every format; tap on any card to learn what it is and when to use it.

12 formats
HEX Web
#352B6A

Hexadecimal is the web’s universal color notation — two digits each for red, green and blue. Drop it straight into HTML, CSS or any design tool.

RGB Screen
rgb(53, 43, 106)

RGB is the additive Red-Green-Blue model every screen uses to emit light. The default choice for websites, apps and on-screen UI.

HSL Web
hsl(250, 42%, 29%)

HSL breaks a color into Hue, Saturation and Lightness — the most intuitive way to lighten, darken or mute a color in CSS.

HSV HSB Design
hsv(250, 59%, 42%)

HSV (also called HSB) maps Hue, Saturation and Value/Brightness. It is the model behind the color pickers in Photoshop, Figma and most design apps.

HWB CSS 4
hwb(250 17% 58%)

HWB blends a pure hue with Whiteness and Blackness — a painter-friendly model added in CSS Color 4 for quick tints and shades.

CMYK Print
cmyk(50%, 59%, 0%, 58%)

CMYK is the subtractive Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black ink model. Use these values when preparing artwork for a printer or commercial press.

OKLCH Modern
oklch(33.72% 0.106 286.55)

OKLCH is a modern, perceptually-uniform space (Lightness, Chroma, Hue). It powers smooth gradients and accessible palettes in today’s CSS.

OKLab Modern
oklab(33.72% 0.030 -0.101)

OKLab is the Cartesian form of OKLCH — ideal for blending and interpolating colors without the muddy midpoints older spaces produce.

CIELAB L*a*b* Perceptual
L: 22.04, a: 22.57, b: -35.50

CIELAB is a device-independent, perceptually-uniform space. It is the standard for measuring color difference (ΔE) and matching across devices.

LCH Perceptual
L: 22.04, C: 42.07, H: 302.44

LCH is CIELAB in cylindrical form — Lightness, Chroma and Hue — letting you adjust vividness and hue while staying perceptually even.

XYZ CIE Science
X: 4.93, Y: 3.53, Z: 14.06

CIE XYZ is the 1931 master space that underpins every other model here — the scientific bridge used to convert between color systems.

Decimal int Code
3484522

The 24-bit integer value of the color — handy for databases, APIs, game engines and low-level graphics code.

Channel breakdown

RGB Color Percentages for #352B6A

How much red, green and blue light mixes into Indie Go.

Red 53/255 26.2% Green 43/255 21.3% Blue 106/255 52.5%

Percentages show each channel's share of the total light (R + G + B) in Indie Go.

Ink coverage

CMYK Ink Levels & Print Guide for #352B6A

Ink needed to reproduce Indie Go in four-color print. Heaviest ink: Magenta.

50% CYAN 59% MAGENTA 0% YELLOW 58% KEY

Print tip: treat these values as a starting point — final output depends on printer profile, paper stock and calibration.

Accessibility · WCAG

Luminance & Contrast for #352B6A

How bright Indie Go is, and how far black and white text clear each WCAG bar.

Relative luminance 0.035
0 · dark1 · light

Contrast ratio · 1:1 → 21:1 (log scale)

Aa Black text 1.71:1 ✕ AA ✕ AAA ✕ Large
Aa White text 12.32:1 ✓ AA ✓ AAA ✓ Large

Developer shortcuts

Quick CSS Snippets for #352B6A

Copy-and-paste CSS for Indie Go — per-line copy, or grab the whole block.

indie-go.css
background-color: #352B6A;
color: #352B6A;
border: 2px solid #352B6A;
background-color: rgb(53, 43, 106);
background-color: hsl(250, 42%, 29%);
--color: #352B6A;

Shades · light to dark

#352B6A Monochrome Palette

Lighter and darker steps of Indie Go — the color's full brightness range in one strip.

#EBEAF0
#CDCADA
#AEAAC3
#908AAD
#726B97
#534B80
#352B6A
#2D255A
#251E4A
#1D183A
#15112A
#0D0B1B
#05040B

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Harmony · 180° apart

#352B6A Complementary Palette

Two colors opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast for attention-grabbing accents.

#352B6A
#5F692B

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Harmony · adjacent hues

#352B6A Analogic Palette

Neighboring hues on the wheel — harmonious, calm combinations that feel unified.

#352B6A
#542B69
#2B4069
#692B5F
#2B5F69
#692B40
#2B6954

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Harmony · 120° apart

#352B6A Triadic Palette

Three colors evenly spaced on the wheel — vibrant and energetic, yet balanced.

#352B6A
#69352B
#2B6935

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Harmony · 90° apart

#352B6A Quad Palette

Four colors evenly spaced on the wheel (tetradic) — rich schemes with multiple accents.

#352B6A
#692B40
#5F692B
#2B6954

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Accessibility

Color Blindness Simulation for #352B6A

How Indie Go reads across five kinds of color vision — a ✓ Friendly verdict means the color difference stays distinguishable for that vision type.

#352B6A
#313257
#31315B
#354F4C
#323232
Normal vision full color Deuteranopia green weakness ✓ Friendly Protanopia red weakness ✓ Friendly Tritanopia blue-yellow weakness ✓ Friendly Achromatopsia total color blindness ✕ Not friendly

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Harmony overview

Color Harmonies for #352B6A

The lead color from each harmony scheme, side by side — a shortcut to the full palettes above.

#5F692B
#542B69
#69352B
#692B40
Complementary opposite hue Analogous adjacent hue Triadic 120° apart Tetradic (Quad) 90° apart

Perceptually nearby

#352B6A Nearby Colors

A step away in brightness, richness or shade — each still feels like the same color.

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Spacescape#222255
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Space Colonisation#111155
Deep Space Rodeo#332277
Galaxea#333366
Fading Horizon#442266
Twilight Express#223377

From the color-name library

Colors Similar to #352B6A

The closest named colors to #352B6A — same mood, each with its own character.

Indie Go#2E2364
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Her Highness#432E6F
Intergalactic Cowboy#222266
Deep Space Rodeo#332277
Galaxea#2E305E
Galactic Compass#48357B
Spacescape#222255
Mystic Nights#4B2C74
Deep Sea Base#2C2C57
Explorer of the Galaxies#3A1F76
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Inspiration

Explore Vibrant Images Featuring Indie Go (#352b6a)

Curated Unsplash photos that carry the mood of Indie Go — hover any tile to download it or view the original.

Good to know

Frequently Asked Questions about #352B6A

#352B6A is a cool color from the Indigo family. Its closest matched name is “Indie Go”, matched perceptually with the CIEDE2000 color-difference formula. In RGB it is rgb(53, 43, 106); in HSL, hsl(250, 42%, 29%).
In RGB, #352B6A is rgb(53, 43, 106); in HSL it is hsl(250, 42%, 29%); and in CMYK — the model used for print — it is cmyk(50%, 59%, 0%, 58%).
#352B6A has a contrast ratio of 1.71:1 against black and 12.32:1 against white. For readability, white body text meets the WCAG AA threshold of 4.5:1 on it, while black does not.
The direct complement of #352B6A is #5F692B (opposite on the color wheel). For ready-made combinations, this page includes monochrome, analogous, triadic and tetradic palettes built from #352B6A in the palette sections above.