Midnight blue

#151171

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

Midnight blue is a deep blue that reads weighty. 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 #151171, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#151171

RGB21, 17, 113

HSL243, 74%, 25%

HSV243, 85%, 44%

CMYK81%, 85%, 0%, 56%

Lab14.13, 36.32, -53.1

XYZ3.49, 1.75, 15.78

Decimal1380721

Web safe#000066

Pantone2747 C

Shades of midnight blue

#120e60 #100d57 #0f0c4e #0d0b46 #0b093d #0a0835 #08072c #070523 #05041b

Tints of midnight blue

#1b1690 #211ab0 #271fcf #3a33e0 #5852e5 #7772ea #9591ee #b3b1f3 #d2d0f8 #f0effd

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#6d7111 Analogous#113d71 Analogous#451171 Triadic#711511 Triadic#117115 Split complementary#714511 Split complementary#3d7111

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 81, 85, 0, 56.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #151171 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

81 85 0 56

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 82 4 62

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 #151171 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #151171; }
.text { color: #151171; }
.border { border: 2px solid #151171; }

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 #151171 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #151171 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 #151171 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 #151171 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 #151171 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.