Midnight blue

#331c6d

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 serious 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 #331c6d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#331c6d

RGB51, 28, 109

HSL257, 59%, 27%

HSV257, 74%, 43%

CMYK53%, 74%, 0%, 57%

Lab18.53, 32.58, -43.15

XYZ4.54, 2.64, 14.74

Decimal3349613

Web safe#333366

Pantone273 C

Shades of midnight blue

#2b185c #271554 #23134b #1f1143 #1b0f3a #170d32 #130b29 #0f0821 #0b0618

Tints of midnight blue

#402389 #4d2ba6 #5b32c2 #6e47d0 #8464d7 #9b80de #b19ce6 #c7b8ed #ded5f4 #f4f1fb

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#566d1c Analogous#1c2d6d Analogous#5b1c6d Triadic#6d331c Triadic#1c6d33 Split complementary#6d5c1c Split complementary#2d6d1c

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 53, 74, 0, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #331c6d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

53 74 0 57

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

53 72 4 63

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 #331c6d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #331c6d; }
.text { color: #331c6d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #331c6d; }

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 #331c6d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #331c6d 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 #331c6d 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 #331c6d 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 #331c6d 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.