Indigo is the last colour before blue turns into black , deep enough to swallow a room’s reflections, but still visibly a colour. It exists on this site for people who want a dark screen that is not the void of black.
A dark screen that still reads as lit
A pure black display looks switched off, which is sometimes exactly what you want and sometimes confusing. Indigo solves that: it is unmistakably on, while emitting little enough light to sit in a dark room without lighting it. Useful for a machine that must stay awake and visible, a standby state on a shared display, or a projector field between segments.
Evening use
Deep blues are low in total output, which is the property that actually matters when a screen has to be looked at in a dark room. That said, blue is the part of the spectrum most implicated in circadian effects, so a deep blue is a poorer choice than a deep red or maroon if the goal is minimising sleep disruption. Brightness remains the largest variable either way.
What this indigo screen offers
- Deep
#4B0082with no gradient or texture - Visibly lit while emitting very little light
- A softer alternative to a pure black standby screen
- Free hex entry across the indigo and violet range
- Live preview as the colour changes
- One press fullscreen with no browser interface
- PNG, JPG, WebP or SVG export at common presets or any custom size
- Nothing uploaded, no account required
- Keyboard accessible with visible focus states
Related screens
Navy is the blue equivalent, purple the redder one, violet the light version, and black the true dark field.
Indigo screen questions
Why choose indigo over black?
Because a black screen is indistinguishable from a screen that is switched off. Indigo makes it obvious the display is running while producing almost as little light, which suits standby states, always on machines and shared displays.