Midnight blue

#2e1d85

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 strong. 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 #2e1d85, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2e1d85

RGB46, 29, 133

HSL250, 64%, 32%

HSV250, 78%, 52%

CMYK65%, 78%, 0%, 48%

Lab20.65, 38.89, -55.05

XYZ5.8, 3.15, 22.49

Decimal3022213

Web safe#333399

Pantone273 C

Shades of midnight blue

#2a1b7a #27186f #231665 #1f145a #1b114f #180f44 #140d39 #100a2f #0c0824 #090519

Tints of midnight blue

#3723a0 #4129bb #4d33d2 #644ed8 #7c69de #9484e4 #ab9fea #c3baf0 #dbd5f6 #f2f0fc

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#74851d Analogous#1d4085 Analogous#621d85 Triadic#852e1d Triadic#1d852e Split complementary#85621d Split complementary#40851d

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 65, 78, 0, 48.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2e1d85 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

65 78 0 48

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

64 76 4 54

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 #2e1d85 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2e1d85; }
.text { color: #2e1d85; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2e1d85; }

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 #2e1d85 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2e1d85 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 #2e1d85 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 #2e1d85 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 #2e1d85 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.