Midnight blue

#36196c

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

Midnight blue falls in the purple range, deep and strong. 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 #36196c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#36196c

RGB54, 25, 108

HSL261, 62%, 26%

HSV261, 77%, 42%

CMYK50%, 77%, 0%, 58%

Lab18.2, 34.49, -43.03

XYZ4.58, 2.56, 14.44

Decimal3545452

Web safe#330066

Pantone274 C

Shades of midnight blue

#2e155b #2a1353 #25114b #210f42 #1d0d3a #190c32 #150a29 #110821 #0c0619

Tints of midnight blue

#452089 #5327a6 #622dc3 #7442d3 #8a5fda #9f7ce1 #b499e7 #cab6ee #dfd3f5 #f4f1fc

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#4f6c19 Analogous#19256c Analogous#5f196c Triadic#6c3619 Triadic#196c36 Split complementary#6c5f19 Split complementary#256c19

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 50, 77, 0, 58.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #36196c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

50 77 0 58

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

50 75 4 64

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 #36196c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #36196c; }
.text { color: #36196c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #36196c; }

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 #36196c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #36196c 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 #36196c 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 #36196c 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 #36196c is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.