Midnight blue

#12287c

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 strong. 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 #12287c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#12287c

RGB18, 40, 124

HSL228, 75%, 28%

HSV228, 85%, 49%

CMYK85%, 68%, 0%, 51%

Lab20.45, 25.73, -49.75

XYZ4.65, 3.1, 19.42

Decimal1190012

Web safe#003366

Pantone280 C

Shades of midnight blue

#112572 #0f2269 #0e1f5f #0c1b55 #0b184b #0a1542 #081238 #070f2e #050c24 #04091b

Tints of midnight blue

#16329b #1b3cb9 #1f46d8 #385be2 #5774e7 #758eeb #94a7ef #b2c0f4 #d1d9f8 #eff2fd

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#7c6612 Analogous#125d7c Analogous#31127c Triadic#7c1228 Triadic#287c12 Split complementary#7c3112 Split complementary#5d7c12

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 85, 68, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #12287c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

85 68 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

82 67 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 #12287c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #12287c; }
.text { color: #12287c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #12287c; }

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 #12287c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #12287c 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 #12287c 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 #12287c 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

Every value on this page for #12287c is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.