Midnight blue

#021a5e

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 224 degrees. 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 #021a5e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#021a5e

RGB2, 26, 94

HSL224, 96%, 19%

HSV224, 98%, 37%

CMYK98%, 72%, 0%, 63%

Lab12.98, 22.06, -42.5

XYZ2.41, 1.56, 10.76

Decimal137822

Web safe#003366

Pantone2758 C

Shades of midnight blue

#021651 #011344 #010f38 #010e31 #010c2b #010a24 #01081e

Tints of midnight blue

#032585 #042fac #043ad2 #0545f9 #2c62fb #527efb #799bfc #a0b8fd #c7d5fe #eef2ff

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#5e4602 Analogous#02485e Analogous#18025e Triadic#5e021a Triadic#1a5e02 Split complementary#5e1802 Split complementary#485e02

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 98, 72, 0, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #021a5e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

98 72 0 63

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

94 70 4 69

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 #021a5e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #021a5e; }
.text { color: #021a5e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #021a5e; }

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 #021a5e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #021a5e 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 #021a5e 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 #021a5e 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 #021a5e is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.