Midnight blue

#2f245b

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 252 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 #2f245b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2f245b

RGB47, 36, 91

HSL252, 43%, 25%

HSV252, 60%, 36%

CMYK48%, 60%, 0%, 64%

Lab18.46, 20.8, -31.45

XYZ3.69, 2.62, 10.21

Decimal3089499

Web safe#333366

Pantone2766 C

Shades of midnight blue

#2b2154 #281f4d #241c46 #21193f #1d1638 #1a1432 #16112b #120e24 #0f0b1d #0b0916

Tints of midnight blue

#3d2e75 #4a398f #5843a9 #6a55bc #816fc6 #988ad1 #afa4db #c6bee5 #ddd8f0 #f4f2fa

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#505b24 Analogous#24345b Analogous#4b245b Triadic#5b2f24 Triadic#245b2f Split complementary#5b4b24 Split complementary#345b24

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 48, 60, 0, 64.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2f245b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 60 0 64

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 59 4 70

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

Midnight blue in css

Copy #2f245b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2f245b; }
.text { color: #2f245b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2f245b; }

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 #2f245b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2f245b 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 #2f245b 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 #2f245b 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 #2f245b are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.