Midnight blue

#3e216f

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 262 degrees. 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 #3e216f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3e216f
RGB62, 33, 111
HSL262, 54%, 28%
HSV262, 70%, 44%
CMYK44%, 70%, 0%, 56%
Lab21.05, 32.49, -40.28
XYZ5.4, 3.26, 15.38
Decimal4071791
Web safe#333366
Pantone273 C
Pantone273 CHex#3e216fRgb62 33 111Cmyk44 70 0 56Lab21 32 -40Darker#1a0e2fDeep#2c174fLighter#5e37a0

Shades of midnight blue

Tints of midnight blue

Colors that go with midnight blue

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 44, 70, 0, 56.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3e216f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
44 70 0 56
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
44 68 4 62
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 #3e216f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3e216f; }
.text { color: #3e216f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3e216f; }

How midnight blue looks on light and dark

Midnight blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #3e216f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
12.71:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
1.65:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3e216f 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 #3e216f sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #3e216f and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from midnight blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #3e216f is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.