Midnight blue

#2e1276

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 strong. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #2e1276, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2e1276

RGB46, 18, 118

HSL257, 74%, 27%

HSV257, 85%, 46%

CMYK61%, 85%, 0%, 54%

Lab17.09, 39.75, -51.36

XYZ4.61, 2.32, 17.34

Decimal3019382

Web safe#330066

Pantone273 C

Shades of midnight blue

#2a116d #270f64 #230e5b #200c51 #1c0b48 #190a3f #150836 #11072d #0e0524 #0a041b

Tints of midnight blue

#3a1795 #461bb4 #5220d3 #6636e0 #7d55e5 #9574ea #ac93ee #c4b2f3 #dcd1f8 #f3f0fd

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#5a7612 Analogous#122876 Analogous#601276 Triadic#762e12 Triadic#12762e Split complementary#766012 Split complementary#287612

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 61, 85, 0, 54.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2e1276 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 85 0 54

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 82 4 60

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Midnight blue in css

Copy #2e1276 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2e1276; }
.text { color: #2e1276; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2e1276; }

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 #2e1276 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2e1276 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 #2e1276 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 #2e1276 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 #2e1276 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.