Midnight blue

#261e8a

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

Midnight blue is a deep blue that reads rich. 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 #261e8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#261e8a

RGB38, 30, 138

HSL244, 64%, 33%

HSV244, 78%, 54%

CMYK72%, 78%, 0%, 46%

Lab20.73, 39.09, -58.06

XYZ5.85, 3.18, 24.35

Decimal2498186

Web safe#333399

Pantone2748 C

Shades of midnight blue

#231c7f #201973 #1d1768 #1a145d #161252 #130f46 #100d3b #0d0a30 #0a0824 #070519

Tints of midnight blue

#2d24a5 #352abf #4236d3 #5b51d9 #746bdf #8d86e5 #a6a0ea #bfbbf0 #d8d6f6 #f1f0fc

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#828a1e Analogous#1e4c8a Analogous#5c1e8a Triadic#8a261e Triadic#1e8a26 Split complementary#8a5c1e Split complementary#4c8a1e

Midnight blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 72, 78, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #261e8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 78 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 76 4 52

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 #261e8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #261e8a; }
.text { color: #261e8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #261e8a; }

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 #261e8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #261e8a 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 #261e8a 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 #261e8a 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 #261e8a are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.