Midnight blue

#131780

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #131780, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#131780

RGB19, 23, 128

HSL238, 74%, 29%

HSV238, 85%, 50%

CMYK85%, 82%, 0%, 50%

Lab17.04, 38.1, -57.92

XYZ4.47, 2.31, 20.63

Decimal1251200

Web safe#000099

Pantone662 C

Shades of midnight blue

#111576 #10136c #0e1262 #0d1057 #0b0e4d #0a0c43 #080a39 #07082f #050725 #04051b

Tints of midnight blue

#171c9e #1c22bc #2027da #3b41e2 #595ee6 #777beb #9599ef #b3b6f4 #d1d3f8 #eff0fd

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#807c13 Analogous#134d80 Analogous#451380 Triadic#801317 Triadic#178013 Split complementary#804513 Split complementary#4e8013

Midnight blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 85, 82, 0, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #131780 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

85 82 0 50

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

82 79 4 56

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 #131780 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #131780; }
.text { color: #131780; }
.border { border: 2px solid #131780; }

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 #131780 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #131780 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 #131780 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 #131780 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 #131780 are worked out. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.