Midnight blue

#160539

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

Midnight blue falls in the purple range, dark and vivid. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #160539, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#160539

RGB22, 5, 57

HSL260, 84%, 12%

HSV260, 91%, 22%

CMYK61%, 91%, 0%, 78%

Lab5.19, 22.57, -29.52

XYZ1.12, 0.57, 3.92

Decimal1443129

Web safe#000033

Pantone275 C

Shades of midnight blue

#150536 #140433 #130430 #12042d #10042b #0f0328 #0e0325 #0d0322 #0c031f #0b021c

Tints of midnight blue

#250861 #350c88 #440fb0 #5313d7 #6929ec #8450f0 #a078f3 #bc9ff7 #d8c7fa #f3effe

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#283905 Analogous#050e39 Analogous#300539 Triadic#391605 Triadic#053916 Split complementary#393005 Split complementary#0e3905

Midnight blue in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 61, 91, 0, 78.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #160539 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 91 0 78

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 88 4 84

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Midnight blue in css

Copy #160539 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #160539; }
.text { color: #160539; }
.border { border: 2px solid #160539; }

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 #160539 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #160539 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 #160539 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 #160539 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 #160539 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.