Midnight blue

#321480

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 rich 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 #321480, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#321480

RGB50, 20, 128

HSL257, 73%, 29%

HSV257, 84%, 50%

CMYK61%, 84%, 0%, 50%

Lab18.96, 42.27, -54.66

XYZ5.46, 2.74, 20.66

Decimal3282048

Web safe#330099

Pantone273 C

Shades of midnight blue

#2e1276 #2a116c #260f62 #220e57 #1e0c4d #1a0a43 #160939 #12072f #0e0625 #0a041a

Tints of midnight blue

#3e199e #491dbc #5522d9 #6a3de1 #815be5 #9879ea #af96ef #c6b4f3 #dcd2f8 #f3f0fd

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#628014 Analogous#142c80 Analogous#681480 Triadic#803214 Triadic#148032 Split complementary#806814 Split complementary#2c8014

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 61, 84, 0, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #321480 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 84 0 50

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 81 4 56

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 #321480 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #321480; }
.text { color: #321480; }
.border { border: 2px solid #321480; }

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 #321480 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #321480 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 #321480 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 #321480 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 #321480 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.