Midnight blue

#262649

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 blue at 240 degrees. 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 #262649, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#262649

RGB38, 38, 73

HSL240, 32%, 22%

HSV240, 48%, 29%

CMYK48%, 48%, 0%, 71%

Lab16.89, 10.7, -21.86

XYZ2.7, 2.28, 6.6

Decimal2500169

Web safe#333333

Pantone276 C

Shades of midnight blue

#232344 #20203e #1e1e39 #1b1b34 #18182f #151529 #131324 #10101f #0d0d19 #0a0a14

Tints of midnight blue

#333362 #40407b #4d4d94 #5d5dab #7676b8 #8f8fc5 #a8a8d2 #c1c1df #dadaec #f3f3f9

Colors that go with midnight blue

Complementary#494926 Analogous#263749 Analogous#372649 Triadic#492626 Triadic#264926 Split complementary#493826 Split complementary#384926

Midnight blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 48, 48, 0, 71.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #262649 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 48 0 71

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 48 4 77

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 #262649 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #262649; }
.text { color: #262649; }
.border { border: 2px solid #262649; }

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 #262649 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #262649 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 #262649 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 #262649 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 #262649 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.