Midnight blue

#02316f

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, deep and vivid. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #02316f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#02316f

RGB2, 49, 111

HSL214, 96%, 22%

HSV214, 98%, 44%

CMYK98%, 56%, 0%, 56%

Lab21.42, 12.51, -39.86

XYZ3.99, 3.36, 15.48

Decimal143727

Web safe#003366

Pantone288 C

Shades of midnight blue

#022d67 #022657 #011f47 #011c3e #011836 #01142e #011126 #010d1e

Tints of midnight blue

#034194 #0352b9 #0462df #0e74fb #338afb #589ffc #7eb4fd #a3cafd #c8dffe #edf5ff

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#6f4002 Analogous#02686f Analogous#09026f Triadic#6f0231 Triadic#316f02 Split complementary#6f0a02 Split complementary#686f02

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 98, 56, 0, 56.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #02316f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

98 56 0 56

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

94 56 4 62

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 #02316f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #02316f; }
.text { color: #02316f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #02316f; }

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 #02316f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #02316f 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 #02316f 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 #02316f 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 #02316f are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.