Midnight blue

#052d7e

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 220 degrees. 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 #052d7e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#052d7e

RGB5, 45, 126

HSL220, 92%, 26%

HSV220, 96%, 49%

CMYK96%, 64%, 0%, 51%

Lab21.64, 22.16, -49.08

XYZ4.77, 3.42, 20.15

Decimal339326

Web safe#003366

Pantone280 C

Shades of midnight blue

#052a74 #04266b #042361 #031f57 #031c4e #031844 #02153a #021131 #020e27 #010b1d

Tints of midnight blue

#0639a1 #0846c3 #0952e6 #1d65f6 #407df7 #6394f9 #86acfa #a8c4fc #cbdcfd #eef3fe

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#7e5605 Analogous#056a7e Analogous#19057e Triadic#7e052d Triadic#2d7e05 Split complementary#7e1a05 Split complementary#697e05

Midnight blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 96, 64, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #052d7e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

96 64 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

92 63 4 57

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 #052d7e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #052d7e; }
.text { color: #052d7e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #052d7e; }

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 #052d7e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #052d7e 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 #052d7e 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 #052d7e 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 #052d7e 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.