Midnight blue

#29205e

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

This is Midnight blue, a soft blue at 249 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 #29205e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#29205e
RGB41, 32, 94
HSL249, 49%, 25%
HSV249, 66%, 37%
CMYK56%, 66%, 0%, 63%
Lab17.05, 23.12, -35.75
XYZ3.45, 2.31, 10.85
Decimal2695262
Web safe#333366
Pantone2766 C
Pantone2766 CHex#29205eRgb41 32 94Cmyk56 66 0 63Lab17 23 -36Darker#14102eDeep#211a4cLighter#44378e

Shades of midnight blue

Tints of midnight blue

Colors that go with midnight blue

Midnight blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 56, 66, 0, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #29205e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
56 66 0 63
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
56 65 4 69
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 #29205e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #29205e; }
.text { color: #29205e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #29205e; }

How midnight blue looks on light and dark

Midnight blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #29205e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
14.36:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
1.46:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #29205e 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 #29205e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #29205e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from midnight blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #29205e 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.