Midnight blue

#331c72

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 #331c72, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#331c72

RGB51, 28, 114

HSL256, 61%, 28%

HSV256, 75%, 45%

CMYK55%, 75%, 0%, 55%

Lab19.01, 34.14, -45.61

XYZ4.82, 2.75, 16.2

Decimal3349618

Web safe#333366

Pantone273 C

Shades of midnight blue

#2f1a69 #2b1860 #271557 #23134e #1f1145 #1b0f3c #170d33 #130a2a #0f0822 #0b0619

Tints of midnight blue

#40238e #4c2aaa #5931c6 #6d48d2 #8364d9 #9a80e0 #b09ce7 #c7b8ee #ddd5f5 #f4f1fb

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#5b721c Analogous#1c3072 Analogous#5e1c72 Triadic#72331c Triadic#1c7233 Split complementary#725e1c Split complementary#30721c

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 55, 75, 0, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #331c72 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

55 75 0 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

55 73 4 61

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 #331c72 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #331c72; }
.text { color: #331c72; }
.border { border: 2px solid #331c72; }

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 #331c72 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #331c72 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 #331c72 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 #331c72 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

Every value on this page for #331c72 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.