Midnight blue

#32116c

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

Midnight blue is a deep purple with a weighty cast. 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 #32116c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#32116c

RGB50, 17, 108

HSL262, 73%, 25%

HSV262, 84%, 42%

CMYK54%, 84%, 0%, 58%

Lab16.31, 37.8, -46.14

XYZ4.22, 2.16, 14.38

Decimal3281260

Web safe#330066

Pantone274 C

Shades of midnight blue

#2a0e5c #270d54 #230c4b #1f0b43 #1b093b #180833 #14072b #100523 #0c041a

Tints of midnight blue

#41168c #4f1bab #5e20cb #7031df #8651e4 #9c71e9 #b290ee #c8b0f3 #ded0f8 #f4f0fd

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#4b6c11 Analogous#111e6c Analogous#5f116c Triadic#6c3211 Triadic#116c32 Split complementary#6c6011 Split complementary#1e6c11

Midnight blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 54, 84, 0, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #32116c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 84 0 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 81 4 64

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 #32116c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #32116c; }
.text { color: #32116c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #32116c; }

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 #32116c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #32116c 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 #32116c 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 #32116c 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 #32116c are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.