Midnight blue

#04208e

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 #04208e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#04208e

RGB4, 32, 142

HSL228, 95%, 29%

HSV228, 97%, 56%

CMYK97%, 77%, 0%, 44%

Lab20.09, 37.23, -61.67

XYZ5.45, 3.01, 25.89

Decimal270478

Web safe#003399

Pantone2748 C

Shades of midnight blue

#041d83 #031b78 #03186c #031661 #021356 #02114b #020e3f #010c34 #010929 #01071e

Tints of midnight blue

#0528b0 #062fd1 #0737f3 #244ff9 #456afa #6785fb #89a0fc #aabbfd #ccd6fe #eef1ff

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#8e7204 Analogous#04658e Analogous#2d048e Triadic#8e0420 Triadic#208e04 Split complementary#8e2d04 Split complementary#658e04

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 97, 77, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #04208e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

97 77 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

93 75 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 #04208e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #04208e; }
.text { color: #04208e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #04208e; }

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 #04208e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #04208e 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 #04208e 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 #04208e 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 #04208e 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.