Tailwind Indigo

Tailwind CSS's indigo hue family — 11 stops from 50 (lightest) to 950 (darkest), forming a deep indigo chromatic scale. Use directly as a brand palette or pair with an accent hue from another tailwind-* atom.

13 swatches 14 light roles 14 dark roles tailwindcoolchromatic

Swatches

indigo-50
#EEF2FF
Lightest stop — page background in light mode.
indigo-100
#E0E7FF
Very light surface — cards and panels on light background.
indigo-200
#C6D2FF
Light divider, hairline, or subtle fill.
indigo-300
#A3B3FF
Muted accent or disabled-state foreground in light mode.
indigo-400
#7C86FF
Mid-light tint — soft accent, hover wash, decorative fill.
indigo-500
#615FFF
Mid stop — the canonical brand hue for chromatic palettes.
indigo-600
#4F39F6
Mid-dark stop — primary action in light mode for chromatic palettes.
indigo-700
#432DD7
Dark stop — pressed states, deeper emphasis.
indigo-800
#372AAC
Very dark stop — heavy emphasis, secondary text on light.
indigo-900
#312C85
Near-darkest stop — body text on light, surface on dark.
indigo-950
#1E1A4D
Darkest stop — page background in dark mode.
pure-white
#FFFFFF
Maximum-elevation surface and high-contrast text in dark mode.
pure-black
#000000
High-contrast text on light chromatic hues where the deepest stop reads as the hue, not black.

Mode role mappings

Light mode (14 roles)

accent → indigo-700
accent-hover → indigo-600
background → indigo-50
error → indigo-700
primary → indigo-500
primary-hover → indigo-600
success → indigo-600
surface → indigo-100
surface-elevated → pure-white
text-primary → indigo-900
text-secondary → indigo-800
text-tertiary → indigo-600
warning → indigo-300
warning-hover → indigo-400

Dark mode (14 roles)

accent → indigo-300
accent-hover → indigo-200
background → indigo-950
error → indigo-300
primary → indigo-400
primary-hover → indigo-300
success → indigo-400
surface → indigo-900
surface-elevated → indigo-800
text-primary → indigo-50
text-secondary → indigo-200
text-tertiary → indigo-400
warning → indigo-600
warning-hover → indigo-500

Provenance

Source
https://tailwindcss.com/docs/colors
License
MIT
Attribution
Tailwind CSS colors, Copyright Tailwind Labs Inc., MIT licensed. Hex values derived from canonical OKLCH definitions in packages/tailwindcss/theme.css via the W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 OKLCH → sRGB conversion.
Imported
2026-05-17 (upstream version 4.3.0)