Midnight blue

#003280

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

Midnight blue is a deep blue that reads rich. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #003280, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#003280

RGB0, 50, 128

HSL217, 100%, 25%

HSV217, 100%, 50%

CMYK100%, 61%, 0%, 50%

Lab23.13, 19.12, -47.89

XYZ5.04, 3.84, 20.9

Decimal12928

Web safe#003399

Pantone288 C

Shades of midnight blue

#002e76 #002a6d #002763 #002359 #001f4f #001b46 #00173c #001432 #001028 #000c1f

Tints of midnight blue

#0040a4 #004ec9 #005ded #136fff #3785ff #5b9bff #80b2ff #a4c8ff #c9deff #edf4ff

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#804e00 Analogous#007280 Analogous#0e0080 Triadic#800032 Triadic#328000 Split complementary#800e00 Split complementary#728000

Midnight blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 100, 61, 0, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #003280 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 61 0 50

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 60 4 56

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #003280 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #003280; }
.text { color: #003280; }
.border { border: 2px solid #003280; }

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 #003280 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #003280 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 #003280 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 #003280 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

The figures for #003280 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.