Midnight blue

#280769

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, deep and vivid. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #280769, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#280769

RGB40, 7, 105

HSL260, 87%, 22%

HSV260, 93%, 41%

CMYK62%, 93%, 0%, 59%

Lab13.37, 39.77, -49.08

XYZ3.5, 1.62, 13.49

Decimal2623337

Web safe#330066

Pantone274 C

Shades of midnight blue

#22065a #1c054a #17043b #140334 #11032c #0e0224 #0b021d

Tints of midnight blue

#36098d #430cb0 #510ed4 #6118f0 #793cf2 #9260f4 #aa83f7 #c3a7f9 #dbcbfc #f4eefe

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#486907 Analogous#071769 Analogous#590769 Triadic#692807 Triadic#076928 Split complementary#695907 Split complementary#176907

Midnight blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 62, 93, 0, 59.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #280769 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 93 0 59

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 90 4 65

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 #280769 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #280769; }
.text { color: #280769; }
.border { border: 2px solid #280769; }

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 #280769 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #280769 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 #280769 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 #280769 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 #280769 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.