Midnight blue

#2d1a7e

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 blue at 251 degrees. 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 #2d1a7e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2d1a7e

RGB45, 26, 126

HSL251, 66%, 30%

HSV251, 79%, 49%

CMYK64%, 79%, 0%, 51%

Lab19.24, 38.14, -52.94

XYZ5.22, 2.8, 20.0

Decimal2955902

Web safe#333366

Pantone273 C

Shades of midnight blue

#291874 #26166a #221460 #1f1256 #1b104c #170e42 #140b38 #10092d #0d0723 #090519

Tints of midnight blue

#37209a #4126b6 #4b2bd3 #6347d9 #7b63df #937fe5 #ab9cea #c3b8f0 #dad4f6 #f2f0fc

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#6b7e1a Analogous#1a397e Analogous#5f1a7e Triadic#7e2d1a Triadic#1a7e2d Split complementary#7e5f1a Split complementary#397e1a

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 64, 79, 0, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2d1a7e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

64 79 0 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

63 77 4 57

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 #2d1a7e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2d1a7e; }
.text { color: #2d1a7e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2d1a7e; }

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 #2d1a7e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2d1a7e 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 #2d1a7e 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 #2d1a7e 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 #2d1a7e 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.