Midnight blue

#052d84

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

Midnight blue is a deep blue that reads weighty. 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 #052d84, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#052d84

RGB5, 45, 132

HSL221, 93%, 27%

HSV221, 96%, 52%

CMYK96%, 66%, 0%, 48%

Lab22.21, 24.68, -51.91

XYZ5.17, 3.57, 22.25

Decimal339332

Web safe#003399

Pantone280 C

Shades of midnight blue

#052a7a #04266f #042365 #031f5b #031c51 #031846 #02153c #021132 #020e28 #010a1d

Tints of midnight blue

#0639a6 #0844c8 #0950eb #2064f7 #437cf8 #6594f9 #87abfa #a9c3fc #ccdbfd #eef3fe

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#845c05 Analogous#056d84 Analogous#1c0584 Triadic#84052d Triadic#2d8405 Split complementary#841c05 Split complementary#6d8405

Midnight blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 96, 66, 0, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #052d84 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

96 66 0 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

92 65 4 54

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 #052d84 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #052d84; }
.text { color: #052d84; }
.border { border: 2px solid #052d84; }

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 #052d84 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #052d84 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 #052d84 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 #052d84 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 #052d84 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.