Midnight blue

#0c326e

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 #0c326e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0c326e
RGB12, 50, 110
HSL217, 80%, 24%
HSV217, 89%, 43%
CMYK89%, 55%, 0%, 57%
Lab21.89, 12.13, -38.44
XYZ4.11, 3.49, 15.21
Decimal799342
Web safe#003366
Pantone288 C
Pantone288 CHex#0c326eRgb12 50 110Cmyk89 55 0 57Lab22 12 -38Darker#061937Deep#0a2a5cLighter#1b51a7

Shades of midnight blue

Tints of midnight blue

Colors that go with midnight blue

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 89, 55, 0, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0c326e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
89 55 0 57
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
86 55 4 63
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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Midnight blue in css

Copy #0c326e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0c326e; }
.text { color: #0c326e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0c326e; }

How midnight blue looks on light and dark

Midnight blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #0c326e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
12.37:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass
Textblack text on this color
1.70:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0c326e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Midnight blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #0c326e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around midnight blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn midnight blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #0c326e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from midnight blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #0c326e 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.