Dark blue

#05042e

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

This is Dark blue, a vivid blue at 241 degrees. Near navy blues this dark carry authority in print. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Dark blue color values

Every conversion for #05042e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#05042e

RGB5, 4, 46

HSL241, 84%, 10%

HSV241, 91%, 18%

CMYK89%, 91%, 0%, 82%

Lab2.86, 12.23, -25.18

XYZ0.6, 0.32, 2.61

Decimal328750

Web safe#000033

Pantone655 C

Shades of dark blue

#040429 #040323 #03031e

Tints of dark blue

#090857 #0e0b7f #120fa8 #1712d1 #2823ec #504cef #7875f3 #9f9df6 #c7c6fa #efeffe

Dark blue in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 89, 91, 0, 82.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #05042e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

89 91 0 82

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

86 88 4 88

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.

Dark blue in css

Copy #05042e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #05042e; }
.text { color: #05042e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #05042e; }

How dark blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #05042e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #05042e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #05042e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark 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 dark blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #05042e 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 dark blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #05042e are worked out. 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.