Midnight blue

#2d137c

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 purple at 255 degrees. 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 #2d137c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2d137c

RGB45, 19, 124

HSL255, 73%, 28%

HSV255, 85%, 49%

CMYK64%, 85%, 0%, 51%

Lab17.82, 40.97, -54.01

XYZ4.95, 2.48, 19.29

Decimal2954108

Web safe#330066

Pantone273 C

Shades of midnight blue

#291272 #261069 #220f5f #1f0d55 #1b0c4b #180a42 #140938 #11072e #0d0624 #0a041b

Tints of midnight blue

#38189a #431cb9 #4e21d7 #633ae1 #7b58e5 #9376ea #ab95ef #c3b3f3 #dbd1f8 #f3f0fd

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#627c13 Analogous#132d7c Analogous#62137c Triadic#7c2d13 Triadic#137c2d Split complementary#7c6213 Split complementary#2d7c13

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 64, 85, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2d137c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

64 85 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

63 82 4 57

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #2d137c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2d137c; }
.text { color: #2d137c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2d137c; }

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 #2d137c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2d137c 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 #2d137c 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 #2d137c 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

Here is how the numbers for #2d137c are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.