Midnight blue

#00004e

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for midnight blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Midnight blue, a vivid blue at 240 degrees. Near navy blues this dark carry authority in print. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #00004e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#00004e

RGB0, 0, 78

HSL240, 100%, 15%

HSV240, 100%, 31%

CMYK100%, 100%, 0%, 69%

Lab4.97, 31.45, -44.88

XYZ1.38, 0.55, 7.24

Decimal78

Web safe#000066

Pantone275 C

Shades of midnight blue

#000049 #000045 #000040 #00003b #000036 #000032 #00002d #000028 #000023 #00001f

Tints of midnight blue

#000077 #0000a1 #0000ca #0000f4 #1e1eff #4747ff #7171ff #9a9aff #c4c4ff #ededff

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#4e4e00 Analogous#00274e Analogous#27004e Triadic#4e0000 Triadic#004e00 Split complementary#4e2700 Split complementary#274e00

Midnight blue in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 100, 100, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #00004e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 100 0 69

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 96 4 75

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Midnight blue in css

Copy #00004e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #00004e; }
.text { color: #00004e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #00004e; }

How midnight blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Midnight blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #00004e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #00004e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Midnight blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #00004e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around midnight blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn midnight blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #00004e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from midnight blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #00004e are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.