Midnight blue

#1d104f

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

Midnight blue is a dark blue that reads anchoring. Near navy blues this dark carry authority in print. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #1d104f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1d104f
RGB29, 16, 79
HSL252, 66%, 19%
HSV252, 80%, 31%
CMYK63%, 80%, 0%, 69%
Lab10.53, 26.02, -36.31
XYZ2.1, 1.2, 7.52
Decimal1904719
Web safe#330066
Pantone275 C
Pantone275 CHex#1d104fRgb29 16 79Cmyk63 80 0 69Lab11 26 -36Darker#130a33Lighter#362285

Shades of midnight blue

Tints of midnight blue

Colors that go with midnight blue

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 63, 80, 0, 69.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1d104f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
63 80 0 69
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
62 78 4 75
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 #1d104f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1d104f; }
.text { color: #1d104f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1d104f; }

How midnight blue looks on light and dark

Midnight blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #1d104f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
16.95:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
1.24:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1d104f 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 #1d104f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #1d104f and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #1d104f are worked out. 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.