Midnight blue

#000c49

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

Midnight blue sits in the blue band, dark and vivid. Near navy blues this dark carry authority in print. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #000c49, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#000c49

RGB0, 12, 73

HSL230, 100%, 14%

HSV230, 100%, 29%

CMYK100%, 84%, 0%, 71%

Lab6.72, 22.68, -38.49

XYZ1.33, 0.74, 6.38

Decimal3145

Web safe#000033

Pantone2757 C

Shades of midnight blue

#000b41 #000938 #000830 #00072b #000623 #00051f

Tints of midnight blue

#001373 #001a9d #0021c7 #0028f1 #1c41ff #4564ff #6f87ff #99aaff #c3cdff #edf0ff

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#493d00 Analogous#003049 Analogous#190049 Triadic#49000c Triadic#0c4900 Split complementary#491800 Split complementary#304900

Midnight blue in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 100, 84, 0, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #000c49 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 84 0 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 81 4 77

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Midnight blue in css

Copy #000c49 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #000c49; }
.text { color: #000c49; }
.border { border: 2px solid #000c49; }

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 #000c49 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #000c49 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Midnight blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #000c49 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn midnight blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #000c49 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

Every value on this page for #000c49 is computed, not guessed. 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.