Midnight blue

#1c1c8a

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 #1c1c8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1c1c8a

RGB28, 28, 138

HSL240, 66%, 33%

HSV240, 80%, 54%

CMYK80%, 80%, 0%, 46%

Lab19.69, 39.34, -59.81

XYZ5.48, 2.91, 24.32

Decimal1842314

Web safe#333399

Pantone2748 C

Shades of midnight blue

#1a1a7f #171773 #151568 #13135d #111152 #0e0e46 #0c0c3b #0a0a30 #070725 #050519

Tints of midnight blue

#2222a5 #2727c0 #3232d5 #4d4ddb #6969e0 #8484e6 #9f9feb #babaf1 #d5d5f6 #f0f0fc

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#8a8a1c Analogous#1c538a Analogous#531c8a Triadic#8a1c1c Triadic#1c8a1c Split complementary#8a531c Split complementary#538a1c

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 80, 80, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1c1c8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

80 80 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

78 78 4 52

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 #1c1c8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1c1c8a; }
.text { color: #1c1c8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1c1c8a; }

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 #1c1c8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1c1c8a 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 #1c1c8a 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 #1c1c8a 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 #1c1c8a 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.