Midnight blue

#00357a

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

Midnight blue sits in the blue band, deep and vivid. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #00357a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#00357a

RGB0, 53, 122

HSL214, 100%, 24%

HSV214, 100%, 48%

CMYK100%, 57%, 0%, 52%

Lab23.51, 14.33, -43.49

XYZ4.79, 3.95, 18.92

Decimal13690

Web safe#003366

Pantone288 C

Shades of midnight blue

#003171 #002d68 #00295f #002555 #00214c #001d43 #00193a #001531 #001128 #000d1f

Tints of midnight blue

#00459f #0055c4 #0065e9 #0f77ff #348cff #59a1ff #7eb6ff #a3cbff #c8e0ff #edf5ff

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#7a4500 Analogous#00727a Analogous#08007a Triadic#7a0035 Triadic#357a00 Split complementary#7a0800 Split complementary#727a00

Midnight blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 100, 57, 0, 52.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #00357a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 57 0 52

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 56 4 58

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Midnight blue in css

Copy #00357a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #00357a; }
.text { color: #00357a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #00357a; }

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 #00357a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #00357a against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Midnight blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #00357a 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn midnight blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #00357a 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 #00357a are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.