Midnight blue

#331b7a

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

Midnight blue falls in the purple range, deep and strong. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #331b7a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#331b7a

RGB51, 27, 122

HSL255, 64%, 29%

HSV255, 78%, 48%

CMYK58%, 78%, 0%, 52%

Lab19.61, 37.17, -49.76

XYZ5.27, 2.89, 18.69

Decimal3349370

Web safe#333366

Pantone273 C

Shades of midnight blue

#2f1970 #2b1767 #27155d #231253 #1f104a #1b0e40 #170c36 #130a2c #0f0823 #0a0619

Tints of midnight blue

#3f2196 #4a27b2 #562ece #6c48d6 #8264dd #9980e3 #b09ce9 #c6b8ef #ddd4f6 #f3f0fc

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#627a1b Analogous#1b337a Analogous#621b7a Triadic#7a331b Triadic#1b7a33 Split complementary#7a621b Split complementary#337a1b

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 58, 78, 0, 52.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #331b7a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 78 0 52

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 76 4 58

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 #331b7a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #331b7a; }
.text { color: #331b7a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #331b7a; }

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 #331b7a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #331b7a 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 #331b7a 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 #331b7a 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 #331b7a 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.