Midnight blue

#031d8e

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 serious. 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 #031d8e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#031d8e

RGB3, 29, 142

HSL229, 96%, 28%

HSV229, 98%, 56%

CMYK98%, 80%, 0%, 44%

Lab19.44, 38.99, -62.76

XYZ5.36, 2.85, 25.86

Decimal204174

Web safe#003399

Pantone2748 C

Shades of midnight blue

#031b83 #031878 #02166c #021461 #021256 #020f4b #010d40 #010b34 #010829 #01061e

Tints of midnight blue

#0424b0 #042bd2 #0532f4 #224afa #4466fb #6682fc #889dfc #aab9fd #ccd5fe #eef1ff

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#8e7403 Analogous#03638e Analogous#2e038e Triadic#8e031d Triadic#1d8e03 Split complementary#8e2e03 Split complementary#638e03

Midnight blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 98, 80, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #031d8e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

98 80 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

94 78 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 #031d8e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #031d8e; }
.text { color: #031d8e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #031d8e; }

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 #031d8e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #031d8e 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 #031d8e 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 #031d8e 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 #031d8e 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.