Midnight blue

#342b68

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

This is Midnight blue, a soft blue at 249 degrees. 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 #342b68, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#342b68

RGB52, 43, 104

HSL249, 41%, 29%

HSV249, 59%, 41%

CMYK50%, 59%, 0%, 59%

Lab21.79, 21.66, -34.6

XYZ4.78, 3.46, 13.51

Decimal3418984

Web safe#333366

Pantone2766 C

Shades of midnight blue

#302860 #2c2458 #28214f #241d47 #1f1a3f #1b1737 #17132e #131026 #0f0c1e #0b0916

Tints of midnight blue

#403580 #4c3f99 #5949b1 #6e60bd #8478c7 #9a91d1 #b1a9db #c7c2e6 #dddaf0 #f3f2fa

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#5f682b Analogous#2b4168 Analogous#522b68 Triadic#68342b Triadic#2b6834 Split complementary#68522b Split complementary#41682b

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 50, 59, 0, 59.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #342b68 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

50 59 0 59

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

50 58 4 65

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 #342b68 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #342b68; }
.text { color: #342b68; }
.border { border: 2px solid #342b68; }

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 #342b68 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #342b68 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 #342b68 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 #342b68 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 #342b68 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.