Midnight blue

#23236a

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

This is Midnight blue, a soft blue at 240 degrees. 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 #23236a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#23236a

RGB35, 35, 106

HSL240, 50%, 28%

HSV240, 67%, 42%

CMYK67%, 67%, 0%, 58%

Lab18.36, 24.27, -41.53

XYZ3.9, 2.6, 13.93

Decimal2302826

Web safe#333366

Pantone2758 C

Shades of midnight blue

#1e1e59 #1b1b51 #181849 #151541 #131338 #101030 #0d0d28 #0a0a1f #080817

Tints of midnight blue

#2c2c84 #34349f #3d3db9 #5353c6 #6e6ecf #8888d8 #a2a2e0 #bdbde9 #d7d7f2 #f2f2fb

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#6a6a23 Analogous#23466a Analogous#46236a Triadic#6a2323 Triadic#236a23 Split complementary#6a4723 Split complementary#476a23

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 67, 67, 0, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #23236a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 67 0 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 66 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Midnight blue in css

Copy #23236a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #23236a; }
.text { color: #23236a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #23236a; }

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 #23236a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #23236a 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 #23236a 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 #23236a 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 #23236a come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.