Midnight blue

#38185d

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

This is Midnight blue, a strong purple at 268 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 #38185d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#38185d

RGB56, 24, 93

HSL268, 59%, 23%

HSV268, 74%, 36%

CMYK40%, 74%, 0%, 64%

Lab16.91, 31.08, -35.23

XYZ3.93, 2.28, 10.59

Decimal3676253

Web safe#330066

Pantone2765 C

Shades of midnight blue

#30144f #2c1348 #230f3b #1f0d34 #1b0c2d #170a26 #13081f #0f0618

Tints of midnight blue

#4a207b #5c2799 #6e2fb6 #803ecd #945cd5 #a77add #bb97e4 #cfb5ec #e2d3f4 #f6f1fb

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#3d5d18 Analogous#181a5d Analogous#5b185d Triadic#5d3818 Triadic#185d38 Split complementary#5d5b18 Split complementary#1a5d18

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 40, 74, 0, 64.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #38185d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 74 0 64

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 72 4 70

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 #38185d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #38185d; }
.text { color: #38185d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #38185d; }

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 #38185d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #38185d 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 #38185d 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 #38185d 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 #38185d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.