Midnight blue

#0b2178

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #0b2178, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0b2178

RGB11, 33, 120

HSL228, 83%, 26%

HSV228, 91%, 47%

CMYK91%, 73%, 0%, 53%

Lab17.99, 28.46, -51.25

XYZ4.07, 2.51, 18.04

Decimal729464

Web safe#003366

Pantone662 C

Shades of midnight blue

#0a1e6f #091c66 #08195c #081753 #07144a #061241 #050f38 #040d2e #030a25 #03081c

Tints of midnight blue

#0e2a99 #1133ba #143cdb #2850eb #496bee #6a86f1 #8ba1f4 #acbcf7 #ced7fa #eff2fe

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#78620b Analogous#0b5778 Analogous#2c0b78 Triadic#780b21 Triadic#21780b Split complementary#782c0b Split complementary#57780b

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 91, 72, 0, 53.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0b2178 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

91 73 0 53

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

88 71 4 59

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 #0b2178 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0b2178; }
.text { color: #0b2178; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0b2178; }

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 #0b2178 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0b2178 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 #0b2178 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 #0b2178 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 #0b2178 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.