Midnight blue

#023569

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

Midnight blue is a dark blue that reads dramatic. Near navy blues this dark carry authority in print. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #023569, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#023569

RGB2, 53, 105

HSL210, 96%, 21%

HSV210, 98%, 41%

CMYK98%, 50%, 0%, 59%

Lab22.23, 6.91, -34.68

XYZ3.85, 3.58, 13.85

Decimal144745

Web safe#003366

Pantone295 C

Shades of midnight blue

#022d5a #01264b #011e3c #011b35 #01172d #011326 #010f1e

Tints of midnight blue

#03488f #035bb5 #046eda #0b81fa #3195fb #56a8fc #7cbcfd #a2cffd #c8e3fe #edf6ff

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#693602 Analogous#026869 Analogous#020269 Triadic#690235 Triadic#356902 Split complementary#690302 Split complementary#686902

Midnight blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 98, 50, 0, 59.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #023569 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

98 50 0 59

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

94 50 4 65

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 #023569 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #023569; }
.text { color: #023569; }
.border { border: 2px solid #023569; }

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 #023569 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #023569 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 #023569 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 #023569 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 #023569 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.