Midnight blue

#0e387c

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 #0e387c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0e387c

RGB14, 56, 124

HSL217, 80%, 27%

HSV217, 89%, 49%

CMYK89%, 55%, 0%, 51%

Lab24.88, 14.01, -42.52

XYZ5.23, 4.38, 19.64

Decimal931964

Web safe#003366

Pantone288 C

Shades of midnight blue

#0d3472 #0c2f69 #0b2b5f #0a2755 #09224c #071e42 #061938 #05152f #041125 #030c1b

Tints of midnight blue

#12469c #1555bc #1963db #3076e8 #508beb #70a0ef #8fb5f2 #afcaf6 #cfdffa #eff4fd

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#7c520e Analogous#0e6f7c Analogous#1b0e7c Triadic#7c0e38 Triadic#387c0e Split complementary#7c1b0e Split complementary#6f7c0e

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 89, 55, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0e387c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

89 55 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

86 55 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Midnight blue in css

Copy #0e387c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0e387c; }
.text { color: #0e387c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0e387c; }

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 #0e387c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0e387c 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 #0e387c 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 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 #0e387c 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

The figures for #0e387c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.