Midnight blue

#041a68

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 moody. Near navy blues this dark carry authority in print. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #041a68, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#041a68

RGB4, 26, 104

HSL227, 93%, 21%

HSV227, 96%, 41%

CMYK96%, 75%, 0%, 59%

Lab14.2, 26.41, -47.13

XYZ2.92, 1.76, 13.28

Decimal268904

Web safe#003366

Pantone2758 C

Shades of midnight blue

#031659 #03134a #020f3b #020d34 #020b2c #010925 #01071d

Tints of midnight blue

#05238d #072cb2 #0836d7 #1042f6 #3560f7 #5a7df9 #7f9afa #a4b7fb #c9d4fd #eef1fe

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#685204 Analogous#044c68 Analogous#200468 Triadic#68041a Triadic#1a6804 Split complementary#682004 Split complementary#4c6804

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 96, 75, 0, 59.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #041a68 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

96 75 0 59

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

92 73 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 #041a68 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #041a68; }
.text { color: #041a68; }
.border { border: 2px solid #041a68; }

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 #041a68 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #041a68 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 #041a68 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 #041a68 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 #041a68 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.