Midnight blue

#28254d

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

Midnight blue sits in the blue band, deep and soft. 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 #28254d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#28254d

RGB40, 37, 77

HSL245, 35%, 22%

HSV245, 52%, 30%

CMYK48%, 52%, 0%, 70%

Lab17.04, 13.41, -24.35

XYZ2.88, 2.31, 7.32

Decimal2630989

Web safe#333366

Pantone276 C

Shades of midnight blue

#252247 #222042 #1f1d3c #1c1a36 #191731 #16152b #141226 #110f20 #0e0d1a #0b0a15

Tints of midnight blue

#353167 #433e80 #504a9a #605ab0 #7973bc #918dc8 #aaa6d4 #c2c0e1 #dbd9ed #f3f3f9

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#4a4d25 Analogous#25364d Analogous#3c254d Triadic#4d2825 Triadic#254d28 Split complementary#4d3c25 Split complementary#364d25

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 48, 52, 0, 70.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #28254d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 52 0 70

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 52 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 #28254d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #28254d; }
.text { color: #28254d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #28254d; }

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 #28254d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #28254d 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 #28254d 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 #28254d 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 #28254d is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.