Midnight blue

#232297

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

Midnight blue sits in the blue band, deep and strong. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #232297, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#232297

RGB35, 34, 151

HSL241, 63%, 36%

HSV241, 77%, 59%

CMYK77%, 77%, 0%, 41%

Lab22.78, 40.94, -62.76

XYZ6.85, 3.74, 29.64

Decimal2302615

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of midnight blue

#201f8a #1d1c7e #1a1971 #171765 #141458 #11114b #0f0e3f #0c0b32 #090826 #060619

Tints of midnight blue

#2928b0 #2f2dc9 #4241d4 #5b5ada #7473df #8d8ce5 #a6a5eb #bfbef0 #d8d7f6 #f1f0fc

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#969722 Analogous#225b97 Analogous#5e2297 Triadic#972322 Triadic#229723 Split complementary#975d22 Split complementary#5c9722

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 77, 77, 0, 41.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #232297 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

77 77 0 41

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

75 75 4 47

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 #232297 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #232297; }
.text { color: #232297; }
.border { border: 2px solid #232297; }

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 #232297 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #232297 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 #232297 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 #232297 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 #232297 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.