Midnight blue

#1c0c6a

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 serious. 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 #1c0c6a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1c0c6a

RGB28, 12, 106

HSL250, 80%, 23%

HSV250, 89%, 42%

CMYK74%, 89%, 0%, 58%

Lab12.93, 36.97, -50.51

XYZ3.21, 1.55, 13.77

Decimal1838186

Web safe#330066

Pantone2747 C

Shades of midnight blue

#1a0b62 #180a5a #160952 #14084b #120843 #10073b #0d0633 #0b052b #090423 #07031b

Tints of midnight blue

#25108c #2e14ad #3717cf #4625e6 #6347ea #7f69ee #9c8af2 #b8acf6 #d5cdf9 #f1effd

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#5a6a0c Analogous#0c2b6a Analogous#4b0c6a Triadic#6a1c0c Triadic#0c6a1c Split complementary#6a4b0c Split complementary#2b6a0c

Midnight blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 74, 89, 0, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1c0c6a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

74 89 0 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

72 86 4 64

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 #1c0c6a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1c0c6a; }
.text { color: #1c0c6a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1c0c6a; }

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 #1c0c6a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1c0c6a 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 #1c0c6a 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 #1c0c6a 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 #1c0c6a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.