Midnight blue

#072d64

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 215 degrees. Near navy blues this dark carry authority in print. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #072d64, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#072d64

RGB7, 45, 100

HSL215, 87%, 21%

HSV215, 93%, 39%

CMYK93%, 55%, 0%, 61%

Lab19.4, 10.96, -35.99

XYZ3.33, 2.84, 12.43

Decimal470372

Web safe#003366

Pantone654 C

Shades of midnight blue

#062756 #06234f #051d40 #041732 #03132b #031024 #020d1d

Tints of midnight blue

#0a3d88 #0c4dac #0f5ed0 #166fef #3a85f1 #5e9bf4 #82b2f6 #a6c8f9 #cadefb #eef5fe

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#643e07 Analogous#075b64 Analogous#100764 Triadic#64072d Triadic#2d6407 Split complementary#641007 Split complementary#5b6407

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 93, 55, 0, 61.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #072d64 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

93 55 0 61

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

90 55 4 67

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 #072d64 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #072d64; }
.text { color: #072d64; }
.border { border: 2px solid #072d64; }

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 #072d64 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #072d64 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 #072d64 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 #072d64 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 #072d64 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.