Midnight blue

#172637

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

Midnight blue is a dark blue that reads dramatic. Near navy blues this dark carry authority in print. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #172637, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#172637

RGB23, 38, 55

HSL212, 41%, 15%

HSV212, 58%, 22%

CMYK58%, 31%, 0%, 78%

Lab14.65, -0.42, -12.97

XYZ1.74, 1.84, 3.88

Decimal1517111

Web safe#003333

Pantone5395 C

Shades of midnight blue

#162434 #142130 #131f2d #111d2a #101a26 #0f1823 #0d1620 #0c141c #0a1119 #090f16

Tints of midnight blue

#233a54 #2f4e71 #3c638f #4877ac #608cbd #7ea1c9 #9bb6d5 #b8cbe1 #d5e1ee #f2f6fa

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#372817 Analogous#173637 Analogous#181737 Triadic#371726 Triadic#263717 Split complementary#371817 Split complementary#363717

Midnight blue in print

At this depth the ink coverage is heavy, worth a proof before a long run. The cmyk build is 58, 31, 0, 78.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #172637 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 31 0 78

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 33 4 84

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 #172637 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #172637; }
.text { color: #172637; }
.border { border: 2px solid #172637; }

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 #172637 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #172637 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 #172637 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 #172637 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 #172637 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.