Midnight blue

#131356

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

This is Midnight blue, a strong blue at 240 degrees. Near navy blues this dark carry authority in print. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #131356, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#131356

RGB19, 19, 86

HSL240, 64%, 21%

HSV240, 78%, 34%

CMYK78%, 78%, 0%, 66%

Lab11.11, 25.25, -40.18

XYZ2.18, 1.28, 8.94

Decimal1250134

Web safe#000066

Pantone2757 C

Shades of midnight blue

#10104a #0e0e3e #0b0b31 #0a0a2b #080825 #07071f #060619

Tints of midnight blue

#1a1a76 #212195 #2828b5 #3232d2 #5252d9 #7272e0 #9191e7 #b1b1ee #d1d1f5 #f0f0fc

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#565613 Analogous#133456 Analogous#341356 Triadic#561313 Triadic#135613 Split complementary#563513 Split complementary#355613

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 78, 78, 0, 66.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #131356 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

78 78 0 66

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

76 76 4 72

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Midnight blue in css

Copy #131356 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #131356; }
.text { color: #131356; }
.border { border: 2px solid #131356; }

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 #131356 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #131356 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 #131356 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 #131356 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 #131356 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.