Dark blue

#312197

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for dark blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Dark 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.

Dark blue color values

Every conversion for #312197, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#312197

RGB49, 33, 151

HSL248, 64%, 36%

HSV248, 78%, 59%

CMYK68%, 78%, 0%, 41%

Lab23.59, 42.83, -61.39

XYZ7.4, 3.98, 29.66

Decimal3219863

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of dark blue

#2d1e8a #291b7e #251971 #211665 #1d1358 #18104b #140e3f #100b32 #0c0826 #080519

Tints of dark blue

#3927b0 #412cca #543fd5 #6a59db #8172e0 #978be6 #aea4eb #c5bef1 #dbd7f6 #f2f0fc

Colors that go with dark blue

Complementary#879721 Analogous#214c97 Analogous#6c2197 Triadic#973121 Triadic#219731 Split complementary#976c21 Split complementary#4c9721

Dark blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 68, 78, 0, 41.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #312197 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

68 78 0 41

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 76 4 47

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.

Dark blue in css

Copy #312197 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #312197; }
.text { color: #312197; }
.border { border: 2px solid #312197; }

How dark blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #312197 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #312197 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #312197 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark 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 dark blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #312197 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 dark blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #312197 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.