Midnight blue

#221740

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

Midnight blue falls in the purple range, dark and soft. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Midnight blue color values

Every conversion for #221740, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#221740

RGB34, 23, 64

HSL256, 47%, 17%

HSV256, 64%, 25%

CMYK47%, 64%, 0%, 75%

Lab11.44, 17.24, -24.35

XYZ1.89, 1.32, 5.01

Decimal2234176

Web safe#330033

Pantone276 C

Shades of midnight blue

#20163c #1e1438 #1b1334 #19112f #17102b #150e27 #130d23 #100b1f #0e0a1b #0c0817

Tints of midnight blue

#32225e #422c7c #523799 #6142b7 #795dc5 #917bcf #aa98da #c3b6e5 #dbd4f0 #f4f2fa

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#354017 Analogous#172040 Analogous#371740 Triadic#402217 Triadic#174022 Split complementary#403717 Split complementary#204017

Midnight blue in print

It sits near the bottom of the tone range, where dark colors gain a touch of weight on press. The cmyk build is 47, 64, 0, 75.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #221740 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 64 0 75

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 63 4 81

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 #221740 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #221740; }
.text { color: #221740; }
.border { border: 2px solid #221740; }

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 #221740 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #221740 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 #221740 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 #221740 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 #221740 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.