Midnight blue

#131c4e

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 231 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 #131c4e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#131c4e

RGB19, 28, 78

HSL231, 61%, 19%

HSV231, 76%, 31%

CMYK76%, 64%, 0%, 69%

Lab12.73, 15.55, -32.06

XYZ2.06, 1.52, 7.39

Decimal1252430

Web safe#003366

Pantone2768 C

Shades of midnight blue

#101843 #0e1439 #0b102e #0a0f29 #090d23 #070b1e #060919

Tints of midnight blue

#1b276e #22338e #2a3ead #324acd #5266d5 #7282dd #919ee4 #b1baec #d1d6f4 #f1f2fc

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#4e4513 Analogous#133a4e Analogous#28134e Triadic#4e131c Triadic#1c4e13 Split complementary#4e2713 Split complementary#3a4e13

Midnight blue in print

It runs deep in print, so a rich black build underneath keeps it from looking flat. The cmyk build is 76, 64, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #131c4e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

76 64 0 69

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

74 63 4 75

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 #131c4e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #131c4e; }
.text { color: #131c4e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #131c4e; }

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 #131c4e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #131c4e 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 #131c4e 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 #131c4e 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 #131c4e 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.