Midnight blue

#201852

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

This is Midnight blue, a strong blue at 248 degrees. Near navy blues this dark carry authority in print. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #201852, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#201852

RGB32, 24, 82

HSL248, 55%, 21%

HSV248, 71%, 32%

CMYK61%, 71%, 0%, 68%

Lab13.04, 22.42, -34.24

XYZ2.45, 1.57, 8.16

Decimal2103378

Web safe#330066

Pantone2757 C

Shades of midnight blue

#1e164c #1b1546 #191341 #17113b #150f35 #120e2f #100c29 #0e0a23 #0c091e #090718

Tints of midnight blue

#2c2170 #37298e #4332ac #513ec7 #6c5ccf #877ad8 #a298e1 #bdb5e9 #d8d3f2 #f3f1fb

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#4a5218 Analogous#182d52 Analogous#3d1852 Triadic#522018 Triadic#185220 Split complementary#523d18 Split complementary#2d5218

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 61, 71, 0, 68.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #201852 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 71 0 68

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 69 4 74

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 #201852 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #201852; }
.text { color: #201852; }
.border { border: 2px solid #201852; }

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 #201852 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #201852 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 #201852 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 #201852 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 #201852 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.