Midnight blue

#040051

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 243 degrees. 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 #040051, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#040051

RGB4, 0, 81

HSL243, 100%, 16%

HSV243, 100%, 32%

CMYK95%, 100%, 0%, 68%

Lab5.6, 33.29, -45.91

XYZ1.54, 0.62, 7.82

Decimal262225

Web safe#000066

Pantone275 C

Shades of midnight blue

#04004c #040047 #030042 #03003d #030038 #030033 #02002e #020029 #020024 #02001f

Tints of midnight blue

#06007a #0800a3 #0a00cc #0c00f5 #2b20ff #5249ff #7972ff #a09bff #c7c4ff #eeedff

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#4d5100 Analogous#002451 Analogous#2d0051 Triadic#510400 Triadic#005104 Split complementary#512d00 Split complementary#245100

Midnight blue in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 95, 100, 0, 68.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #040051 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

95 100 0 68

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

91 96 4 74

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Midnight blue in css

Copy #040051 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #040051; }
.text { color: #040051; }
.border { border: 2px solid #040051; }

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 #040051 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #040051 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Midnight blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #040051 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn midnight blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #040051 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 #040051 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.