Midnight blue

#08367e

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 217 degrees. 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 #08367e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#08367e

RGB8, 54, 126

HSL217, 88%, 26%

HSV217, 94%, 49%

CMYK94%, 57%, 0%, 51%

Lab24.31, 15.88, -44.71

XYZ5.19, 4.2, 20.28

Decimal538238

Web safe#003366

Pantone288 C

Shades of midnight blue

#073274 #072e6b #062961 #062557 #05214d #041d44 #04193a #031530 #021026 #020c1d

Tints of midnight blue

#0a44a0 #0c53c1 #0e61e3 #2474f1 #4689f3 #689ff5 #89b4f8 #abcafa #cddffc #eef4fe

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#7e5008 Analogous#08717e Analogous#15087e Triadic#7e0836 Triadic#367e08 Split complementary#7e1508 Split complementary#717e08

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 94, 57, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #08367e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

94 57 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

90 56 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 #08367e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #08367e; }
.text { color: #08367e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #08367e; }

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 #08367e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #08367e 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 #08367e 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 #08367e 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 #08367e 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.