Midnight blue

#08356e

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

This is Midnight blue, a vivid blue at 214 degrees. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #08356e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#08356e

RGB8, 53, 110

HSL214, 86%, 23%

HSV214, 93%, 43%

CMYK93%, 52%, 0%, 57%

Lab22.74, 9.63, -37.08

XYZ4.19, 3.72, 15.25

Decimal537966

Web safe#003366

Pantone295 C

Shades of midnight blue

#073166 #072d5e #062956 #06254d #052145 #041d3d #041a35 #03162d #031225 #020e1d

Tints of midnight blue

#0b4691 #0d57b4 #1067d7 #1d7aef #408ef1 #63a3f4 #86b7f6 #a9ccf9 #cbe1fb #eef5fe

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#6e4108 Analogous#08686e Analogous#0e086e Triadic#6e0835 Triadic#356e08 Split complementary#6e0e08 Split complementary#686e08

Midnight blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 93, 52, 0, 57.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #08356e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

93 52 0 57

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

90 52 4 63

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 #08356e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #08356e; }
.text { color: #08356e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #08356e; }

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 #08356e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #08356e 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 #08356e 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 #08356e 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 #08356e are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.