Midnight blue

#36234d

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 rich cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #36234d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#36234d

RGB54, 35, 77

HSL267, 37%, 22%

HSV267, 55%, 30%

CMYK30%, 55%, 0%, 70%

Lab18.02, 19.11, -22.69

XYZ3.46, 2.52, 7.33

Decimal3547981

Web safe#333366

Pantone5255 C

Shades of midnight blue

#2e1e42 #261937 #1e142b #170f20 #130c1b #0f0a15

Tints of midnight blue

#482f67 #5b3b81 #6d479b #8056b2 #9370be #a78aca #bba4d6 #cebee2 #e2d9ee #f6f3f9

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#3a4d23 Analogous#23254d Analogous#4b234d Triadic#4d3623 Triadic#234d36 Split complementary#4d4b23 Split complementary#254d23

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 30, 55, 0, 70.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #36234d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 55 0 70

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 55 4 76

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 #36234d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #36234d; }
.text { color: #36234d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #36234d; }

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 #36234d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #36234d 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 #36234d 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 #36234d 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

Here is how the numbers for #36234d are worked out. 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.