Midnight blue

#151356

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, dark and strong. Near navy blues this dark carry authority in print. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #151356, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#151356

RGB21, 19, 86

HSL242, 64%, 21%

HSV242, 78%, 34%

CMYK76%, 78%, 0%, 66%

Lab11.25, 25.49, -39.93

XYZ2.22, 1.3, 8.94

Decimal1381206

Web safe#000066

Pantone2757 C

Shades of midnight blue

#12104a #0f0e3e #0c0b31 #0b0a2b #090825 #08071f #060619

Tints of midnight blue

#1d1a76 #242195 #2c28b5 #3732d2 #5652d9 #7572e0 #9491e7 #b3b1ee #d2d1f5 #f1f0fc

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#545613 Analogous#133256 Analogous#371356 Triadic#561513 Triadic#135615 Split complementary#563713 Split complementary#325613

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 76, 78, 0, 66.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #151356 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

76 78 0 66

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

74 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 #151356 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #151356; }
.text { color: #151356; }
.border { border: 2px solid #151356; }

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 #151356 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #151356 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 #151356 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 #151356 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

The figures for #151356 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.