Midnight blue

#26268b

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 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 #26268b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#26268b

RGB38, 38, 139

HSL240, 57%, 35%

HSV240, 73%, 55%

CMYK73%, 73%, 0%, 45%

Lab22.52, 34.72, -55.74

XYZ6.15, 3.66, 24.81

Decimal2500235

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of midnight blue

#232380 #202074 #1d1d69 #19195d #161652 #131346 #10103b #0d0d2f #0a0a24 #070718

Tints of midnight blue

#2d2da4 #3434bc #4444cc #5c5cd3 #7575d9 #8e8ee0 #a7a7e7 #bfbfee #d8d8f4 #f1f1fb

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#8b8b26 Analogous#26588b Analogous#58268b Triadic#8b2626 Triadic#268b26 Split complementary#8b5926 Split complementary#598b26

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 73, 73, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #26268b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

73 73 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

71 71 4 51

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 #26268b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #26268b; }
.text { color: #26268b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #26268b; }

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 #26268b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #26268b 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 #26268b 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 #26268b 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 #26268b is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.