Midnight blue

#022b8e

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 222 degrees. 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 #022b8e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#022b8e

RGB2, 43, 142

HSL222, 97%, 28%

HSV222, 99%, 56%

CMYK99%, 70%, 0%, 44%

Lab22.63, 30.01, -57.47

XYZ5.77, 3.69, 26.0

Decimal142222

Web safe#003399

Pantone280 C

Shades of midnight blue

#022883 #022478 #02216c #011d61 #011a56 #01174b #011340 #011035 #010d29 #00091e

Tints of midnight blue

#0235b0 #0340d3 #034af5 #1f60fc #4278fc #6491fd #86a9fd #a9c2fe #cbdafe #edf2ff

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#8e6502 Analogous#02718e Analogous#1f028e Triadic#8e022b Triadic#2b8e02 Split complementary#8e1f02 Split complementary#718e02

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 99, 70, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #022b8e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

99 70 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

95 68 4 50

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

Midnight blue in css

Copy #022b8e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #022b8e; }
.text { color: #022b8e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #022b8e; }

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 #022b8e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #022b8e 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 #022b8e 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 #022b8e 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 #022b8e 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. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.