Dark blue

#331d99

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

Dark blue is a deep blue that reads rich. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Dark blue color values

Every conversion for #331d99, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#331d99

RGB51, 29, 153

HSL251, 68%, 36%

HSV251, 81%, 60%

CMYK67%, 81%, 0%, 40%

Lab23.28, 45.67, -63.12

XYZ7.55, 3.88, 30.49

Decimal3349913

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of dark blue

#2f1b8c #2b1880 #261673 #221366 #1e1159 #1a0f4d #150c40 #110a33 #0d0726 #09051a

Tints of dark blue

#3c22b3 #4427cd #5639da #6c54df #836ee3 #9988e8 #afa2ed #c6bcf2 #dcd6f7 #f2f0fc

Colors that go with dark blue

Complementary#83991d Analogous#1d4599 Analogous#711d99 Triadic#99331d Triadic#1d9933 Split complementary#99711d Split complementary#45991d

Dark 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 67, 81, 0, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #331d99 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 81 0 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 79 4 46

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.

Dark blue in css

Copy #331d99 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #331d99; }
.text { color: #331d99; }
.border { border: 2px solid #331d99; }

How dark blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #331d99 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #331d99 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #331d99 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark 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 dark blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #331d99 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 dark blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #331d99 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.