Midnight blue

#1b0835

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

Midnight blue is a dark purple with a anchoring cast. 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 #1b0835, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1b0835

RGB27, 8, 53

HSL265, 74%, 12%

HSV265, 85%, 21%

CMYK49%, 85%, 0%, 79%

Lab6.0, 21.02, -25.27

XYZ1.18, 0.66, 3.43

Decimal1771573

Web safe#330033

Pantone275 C

Shades of midnight blue

#1a0832 #180730 #17072d #16062a #140628 #130625 #120523 #100520 #0f041d #0e041b

Tints of midnight blue

#2e0e5a #411380 #5419a5 #671fcb #7d34e0 #955ae6 #ad7fec #c5a5f1 #ddcaf7 #f5effd

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#223508 Analogous#080c35 Analogous#310835 Triadic#351b08 Triadic#08351b Split complementary#353108 Split complementary#0b3508

Midnight blue in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 49, 85, 0, 79.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1b0835 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

49 85 0 79

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

49 82 4 85

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 #1b0835 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1b0835; }
.text { color: #1b0835; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1b0835; }

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 #1b0835 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1b0835 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 #1b0835 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 #1b0835 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 #1b0835 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.