Midnight blue

#091981

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

Midnight blue sits in the blue band, deep and vivid. 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 #091981, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#091981

RGB9, 25, 129

HSL232, 87%, 27%

HSV232, 93%, 51%

CMYK93%, 81%, 0%, 49%

Lab17.17, 36.86, -58.34

XYZ4.42, 2.34, 20.99

Decimal596353

Web safe#000099

Pantone662 C

Shades of midnight blue

#081777 #08156d #071363 #061159 #050f4f #050d45 #040b3b #030931 #030727 #02061d

Tints of midnight blue

#0b1fa2 #0e26c3 #102ce4 #2842f0 #495ff2 #6a7cf5 #8b99f7 #acb6f9 #cdd3fc #eef0fe

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#817109 Analogous#095581 Analogous#350981 Triadic#810919 Triadic#198109 Split complementary#813509 Split complementary#558109

Midnight blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 93, 81, 0, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #091981 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

93 81 0 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

90 79 4 55

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 #091981 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #091981; }
.text { color: #091981; }
.border { border: 2px solid #091981; }

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 #091981 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #091981 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 #091981 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 #091981 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 #091981 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.