Midnight blue

#261a6f

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. 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 #261a6f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#261a6f

RGB38, 26, 111

HSL248, 62%, 27%

HSV248, 77%, 44%

CMYK66%, 77%, 0%, 56%

Lab16.98, 32.3, -47.04

XYZ4.04, 2.3, 15.27

Decimal2497135

Web safe#333366

Pantone2747 C

Shades of midnight blue

#231866 #1d1455 #1a124d #171044 #140e3b #110c33 #0e0a2a #0b0821 #080619

Tints of midnight blue

#30218c #3a27a9 #442ec5 #5844d3 #7261da #8b7de1 #a59ae7 #bfb7ee #d8d4f5 #f2f1fc

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#636f1a Analogous#1a386f Analogous#511a6f Triadic#6f261a Triadic#1a6f26 Split complementary#6f511a Split complementary#386f1a

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 66, 77, 0, 56.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #261a6f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 77 0 56

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 75 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 #261a6f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #261a6f; }
.text { color: #261a6f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #261a6f; }

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 #261a6f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #261a6f 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 #261a6f 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 #261a6f 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 #261a6f are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.