Midnight blue

#270c4d

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

Midnight blue falls in the purple range, dark and strong. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #270c4d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#270c4d

RGB39, 12, 77

HSL265, 73%, 17%

HSV265, 84%, 30%

CMYK49%, 84%, 0%, 70%

Lab10.78, 29.36, -34.47

XYZ2.31, 1.23, 7.14

Decimal2559053

Web safe#330066

Pantone275 C

Shades of midnight blue

#240b48 #220a43 #1f0a3e #1d0939 #1a0834 #18072f #15062a #130625 #100520 #0d041a

Tints of midnight blue

#391170 #4a1793 #5c1cb6 #6e22d9 #8441e1 #9a64e7 #b187ec #c8aaf2 #decdf7 #f5f0fd

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#324d0c Analogous#0c124d Analogous#470c4d Triadic#4d270c Triadic#0c4d27 Split complementary#4d480c Split complementary#114d0c

Midnight blue in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 49, 84, 0, 70.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #270c4d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

49 84 0 70

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

49 81 4 76

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Midnight blue in css

Copy #270c4d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #270c4d; }
.text { color: #270c4d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #270c4d; }

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 #270c4d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #270c4d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Midnight blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #270c4d 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn midnight blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #270c4d 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 #270c4d 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. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.