Midnight blue

#342272

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

Midnight blue sits in the blue band, deep and soft. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #342272, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#342272

RGB52, 34, 114

HSL253, 54%, 29%

HSV253, 70%, 45%

CMYK54%, 70%, 0%, 55%

Lab20.4, 30.78, -43.34

XYZ5.03, 3.09, 16.25

Decimal3416690

Web safe#333366

Pantone2756 C

Shades of midnight blue

#301f69 #2c1d60 #281a57 #24174e #1f1545 #1b123c #170f33 #130c2a #0f0a21 #0b0718

Tints of midnight blue

#402a8d #4c32a7 #583ac2 #6d52cb #846dd3 #9a87db #b0a2e3 #c7bceb #ddd7f3 #f3f1fb

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#607222 Analogous#223872 Analogous#5c2272 Triadic#723422 Triadic#227234 Split complementary#725c22 Split complementary#387222

Midnight blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 54, 70, 0, 55.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #342272 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 70 0 55

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 68 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 #342272 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #342272; }
.text { color: #342272; }
.border { border: 2px solid #342272; }

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 #342272 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #342272 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 #342272 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 #342272 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 #342272 is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.