Midnight blue

#36255a

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 purple at 259 degrees. 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 #36255a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#36255a

RGB54, 37, 90

HSL259, 42%, 25%

HSV259, 59%, 35%

CMYK40%, 59%, 0%, 65%

Lab19.41, 21.68, -29.21

XYZ4.03, 2.85, 10.01

Decimal3548506

Web safe#333366

Pantone2766 C

Shades of midnight blue

#2e1f4c #261a3f #221738 #1d1431 #19112a #150f23 #110c1d #0d0916

Tints of midnight blue

#463074 #553a8e #6545a8 #7757ba #8c71c5 #a18bcf #b6a5da #cbbfe5 #e0d8ef #f5f2fa

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#495a25 Analogous#252f5a Analogous#50255a Triadic#5a3625 Triadic#255a36 Split complementary#5a5125 Split complementary#2e5a25

Midnight blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 40, 59, 0, 65.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #36255a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 59 0 65

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 58 4 71

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 #36255a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #36255a; }
.text { color: #36255a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #36255a; }

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 #36255a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #36255a 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 #36255a 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 #36255a 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 #36255a is computed, not guessed. 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.