Midnight blue

#260b6f

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

Midnight blue is a deep purple with a weighty cast. 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 #260b6f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#260b6f

RGB38, 11, 111

HSL256, 82%, 24%

HSV256, 90%, 44%

CMYK66%, 90%, 0%, 56%

Lab14.4, 39.78, -51.31

XYZ3.79, 1.8, 15.19

Decimal2493295

Web safe#330066

Pantone274 C

Shades of midnight blue

#20095e #1b084e #180745 #15063d #120535 #0f042c #0c0424 #0a031c

Tints of midnight blue

#320e91 #3d12b2 #4915d4 #5a25e9 #7346ed #8d68f0 #a68af3 #c0abf7 #d9cdfa #f3effd

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#546f0b Analogous#0b226f Analogous#580b6f Triadic#6f260b Triadic#0b6f26 Split complementary#6f580b Split complementary#226f0b

Midnight blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 66, 90, 0, 56.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #260b6f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 90 0 56

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 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 #260b6f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #260b6f; }
.text { color: #260b6f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #260b6f; }

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 #260b6f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #260b6f 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 #260b6f 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 #260b6f 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

Every value on this page for #260b6f is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.