Midnight blue

#240b6f

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

This is Midnight blue, a vivid purple at 255 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #240b6f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#240b6f

RGB36, 11, 111

HSL255, 82%, 24%

HSV255, 90%, 44%

CMYK68%, 90%, 0%, 56%

Lab14.19, 39.6, -51.67

XYZ3.72, 1.76, 15.18

Decimal2362223

Web safe#330066

Pantone274 C

Shades of midnight blue

#1f095e #19084e #170745 #14063d #110535 #0e042c #0c0424 #09031c

Tints of midnight blue

#2f0e91 #3a12b2 #4515d4 #5625e9 #7046ed #8a68f0 #a48af3 #beabf7 #d8cdfa #f2effd

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#566f0b Analogous#0b246f Analogous#560b6f Triadic#6f240b Triadic#0b6f24 Split complementary#6f560b Split complementary#246f0b

Midnight blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 68, 90, 0, 56.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #240b6f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

68 90 0 56

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 87 4 62

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 #240b6f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #240b6f; }
.text { color: #240b6f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #240b6f; }

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 #240b6f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #240b6f 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 #240b6f 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 #240b6f 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 #240b6f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.